Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give

NEW YORK (AP) — The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.

A new study out today found that the average user of the world's biggest online social network gets more than they give. That means more messages, more "likes" and more comments. Yes, even more "pokes."

Behind all that is Facebook's relatively small group of "power users," who do more than their share of tagging, liking and uploading.

The report from the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project comes two days after Facebook filed for a $5 billion initial public offering of stock that could eventually value the company at $100 billion.

Key to that mammoth valuation will be Facebook's ability to convince advertisers they can make money from the billons of connections and interactions that people partake in on its website and beyond.

Though Pew's findings don't address the commercial side of people's activities, they shed important light on how people use the site and what they get out of it.