Thursday, 18 September 2025

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quote [ Something like 300 friends sounds right. Any more than that and you're a collector, and not using the platform to foster connection.

This feature alone already removes 90% of the marketing interests in the platform. ]

cough-cough – ok, like, other than most of the HN commenters, I feel like the remaining few at this place have some worthwile insights on the topic.

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hellboy said @ 5:32pm GMT on 20th September
Dunbar's number, the estimated number of people a human can maintain stable social relationships with, is 150. I think about that whenever I see people on Facehook or whatever with 1462 "friends".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number


hellboy said @ 5:33pm GMT on 20th September
Dunbar's number, the estimated number of people a human can maintain stable social relationships with, is 150. I think about that whenever I see people on Facehook or whatever with 1462 "friends".

(I'm out of practice and on my phone so I don't remember how to make this a link. Also, buttons aren't showing up for me.)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number



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hellboy said @ 5:32pm GMT on 20th September [Score:1 Insightful]
Dunbar's number, the estimated number of people a human can maintain stable social relationships with, is 150. I think about that whenever I see people on Facehook or whatever with 1462 "friends".

(I'm out of practice and on my phone so I don't remember how to make this a link. Also, buttons aren't showing up for me.)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number




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