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title: ""[Dunbar] found that there was very little correlation between having…"
date: 2016-01-24
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a post.
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# "[Dunbar] found that there was very little correlation between having…

*January 24, 2016 · Facebook*

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\"\[Dunbar\] found that there was very little correlation between having friends on social networks and actually being able to depend on them, or even talking to them regularly.\
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The average person studied had around 150 Facebook friends. But only about 14 of them would express sympathy in the event of anything going wrong.\"
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