
Robin Dunbar: Circles of Friendship
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
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Is There a Limit on the Number of Friends on Facebook?
People on face books are given the impression that they have, sometimes hundreds, thousands of friends. But it's not the same as having a friend in the context we're talking about. Most people only have somewhere between a hundred and 250 facebook friends. One compilation published eight years ago looked at 61 million facebook pages so you're all probably int somewhere. And the average size, average number of friends on facebook pages, was a hundred and forty nine.
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