2018.09.30

Peak Friends

Even with social media, we max out at 150 real relationships

SOURCES: INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION/ICT DEVELOPMENT REPORT AND DATABASE (Internet use data); PEW RESEARCH CENTER (social media data); “DO ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA CUT THROUGH THE CONSTRAINTS THAT LIMIT THE SIZE OF OFFLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS?” BY R.I.M. DUNBAR, IN ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE, VOL. 3, ARTICLE NO. 150292; JANUARY 2016 (Facebook friend survey data)

SOURCES: INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION/ICT DEVELOPMENT REPORT AND DATABASE (Internet use data); PEW RESEARCH CENTER (social media data); “DO ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA CUT THROUGH THE CONSTRAINTS THAT LIMIT THE SIZE OF OFFLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS?” BY R.I.M. DUNBAR, IN ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE, VOL. 3, ARTICLE NO. 150292; JANUARY 2016 (Facebook friend survey data)

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