No, but there is a paradigm shift in the nature of social groupings, visibility, how they form and are managed and conducted. The influence of peer pressure has to be considered in the new context.
example: I am looking of a new car. If ten of my friends , that I see rarely face-to-face had bought a new convertible BMW330, then until the advent of such online groupings I probably would never have found out, and the influence would not have been of any note.
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Originally Posted by Cyrus  Peer pressure is the same as it ever was, the internet doesn't make it any more powerful. |