Is Facebook too Big?

Many people, including myself, have an excessive number of "friends" on Facebook, yet only really communicate with a few close ones. There have often been embarrassing links or pictures posted which are not meant to be shared with family members or certain friends. People have noticed these aspects of Facebook and have created smaller social networks to bring the intimacy back to social networking. Path is a smaller version of Facebook which caps its user's friends to 150. FamilyLeaf is a social network just for relatives and family friends. Pair is an even smaller social network that just links two people. These social networks include everything we have become accustomed too with Facebook like sharing pictures, links, and communication, but they add the benefits of security and intimacy. These start-up companies are gaining momentum and actually have wait lists for their users. Many of these smaller social networks are based only on smartphone devices. These new companies are showing us that intimacy and close relationships still are the overwhelming selling point. 

More information on these micro social networks can be found at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/business/path-familyleaf-and-pair-small-by-design-social-networks.html?ref=todayspaper