Twitter vs. the Dunbar Number, and the Rise of Weak Ties
Posted in Social Media on February 26th, 2009 by supnah – Be the first to commentThere’s a great post in The Economist about Social Networks that has a nice little review of the Dunbar Number. The Dunbar Number is a number that social network theorists have been tossing around for a long time that refers to the maximum number of people that an individual can maintain (meaning: interact with at a regular enough interval to maintain a stable relationship) at a given time in his or her social network. It is commonly believed to around 150. It appears over and over again in social network research. read more »