On: Finding Sociopaths on Facebook

[jokoon]

I have no real idea. I was just saying this, as in, I don't think criminal hang around facebook.

If that'd be the case, would facebook just be some sort of crime catching tool ?

I wonder though, is sociopathy a crime, or some trait that will turn people into criminal ?

> I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the Facebook members who are most active and have the most ‘friends’ are sociopaths.

I doubt the people you are talking about can be criminal.

Crime and psychology, sigh

[Samuel_Michon → jokoon]

I’m not talking about crime. Most sociopaths never commit any crimes and it’s not illegal to be a sociopath. That would be silly, like jailing someone for having red hair. Also, it’s quite possible that there are more sociopaths than there are people with red hair – estimates range from 1% to 4% of the population.

> I don't think criminal hang around facebook.

Are you sure about that?

[jokoon → Samuel_Michon]

I just don't see where the correlation between sociopathy and crime comes from.

[Samuel_Michon → jokoon]

There’s a correlation, but one can’t say ‘All sociopaths are criminals’, just as one can’t say ‘All drug addicts are thieves’.

[qznc → jokoon]

Criminals do use Facebook: http://www.neowin.net/news/thief-caught-after-stopping-to-ch...

However, the common burglar is probably not a sociopath, but rather a poor drug addict or something.