A common finding since it became feasible to estimate social network status is that a student's learning is split in half between the effort they personally put

A common finding since it became feasible to estimate social network status is that a student's learning is split in half between the effort they personally put into learning (homework, showing up to class, etc) and their social network status (who they talk to, how many do they talk with, how frequently, etc). This should not come as a surprise as it's common knowledge, at least in stem, that you aren't going to solve the problems all by yourself, study groups help. What's wild about this is that I couldn't imagine Facebook plugs their employees into computers disconnected from others to complete their tasks. Why would you assume this would work for students?