Last week, The Economist asked Cameron Marlow, Facebook’s in-house sociologist, to run some stats on the average number of friends a Facebook user has and how often they communicate with them. According to existing theory, the human brain limits social groups to about 150 (called the Dunbar number). Does this hold up when we look at the size of social groups on Facebook?
Last week, The Economist asked Cameron Marlow, Facebook’s in-house sociologist, to run some stats on the average number of friends a Facebook user has and how often they communicate with them. According to existing theory, the human brain limits social groups to about 150 (called the Dunbar number). Does this hold up when we look at the size of social groups on Facebook?
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