Procedure. The study was conducted in three parts that were disguised as unrelated studies. The first part was designed to assess Internet use. After answering several general questions about their Internet use, participants indicated how many friends they had on Facebook. Participants were then given a name-listing task, which served as a manipulation of tie strength. In the strong tie strength condition, participants were asked to list the names of five friends they have on Facebook who they considered to be close friends. For each friend, they were then asked to indicate how much the person’s opinion mattered to them (1 p “opinion does not matter at all,” 7 p “opinion matters a lot”). In the weak tie strength condition, participants were asked to list the names of five friends on Facebook who they considered to be distant friends and, for each friend, to indicate how much the person’s opinion mattered to them.