Number of friends is a staggering statistic. What do you think it is about, i've got two really good friends, or i've got seven that has a positive impact? All friendships aren't treated equal, so we often get different things from different friends. The biggest part of it is very likely to come from the fact of, you knont friendship. But this is also how we tie into the issue of the community,. If you measure somebody's happiness and er, and they have five frants, but those friends don't know each other, so it's like a hub and spoke type relationship.