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We can only stay up to date with 150 ties, and roughly at best...it is true, and it is interesting to think about who the closest people to us are. Mixing soci
by seagaia 15y ago
We can only stay up to date with 150 ties, and roughly at best...it is true, and it is interesting to think about who the closest people to us are.
Mixing social groups really doesn't work. It is kind of strange.
I want to give this a more detailed look a bit later, but it's quite interesting now. I wonder if it says anything about people who have thousands of friends, and why they do...
- bergie 15y ago150, the Dunbar's number[1]. That is indeed the natural number for any traditional communities (villages, tribes, etc). I think an important distinction is between "real" contacts, and the people you like to read stuff from every now and then. Circles can help organizing those, and not just ensuring that information doesn't leak between your distinct friend groups. 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbars_number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbars_number