THE SECRET TO LONGEVITY?
It’s long been known that people with stronger social networks live longer, and now a study of 12 million Facebook users, led by the University of California, suggests the site is associated with living longer when it serves to maintain and enhance real-world social ties. William Hobbs, one of the study authors, says: ‘Interacting online seems to be healthy when the online activity is moderate and complements interactions offline.’ Time to organise a Facebook meet-up!