Tag: number of friends

It is better to have more or fewer friends?

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A teen reflects on her friendships and asks which works best—more or fewer friends?

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In the Media – Does Taylor Swift have too many friends? (Bravo TV)

Published: July 12, 2016 | Last Updated: July 20, 2016 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading
In the Media – Does Taylor Swift have too many friends? (Bravo TV)

Can there possibly be such a thing as having too many friends? Writing for Bravo TV, journalist Marianne Garvey discusses Taylor Swift’s “girl squad” phenomenon.

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When it comes to friendships, who is counting?

Published: November 17, 2007 | Last Updated: June 11, 2016 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading

Dunbar’s number expresses the limits in the number of friendship we can maintain.

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How many friends does it take…?

Published: July 19, 2007 | Last Updated: April 2, 2016 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

An MSN Messenger study of the friendship patterns of 10,000 persons among the UK population cites some interesting statistics: Brits collect an average of 396 friends each over their lifetime. People wind up staying in touch with about 1 out of 12 of the friends they make. The average number of friends they maintain is […]

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Friendship: Black, white and shades of gray

Published: June 20, 2007 | Last Updated: June 23, 2007 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

When it comes to social networking sites, like Facebook or MySpace, things are largely black or white, says blogger Nancy Baym. On her blog, Online fandom, Baym remarks: “One of the great shortcomings of social network sites as they currently exist is that almost all of them offer you only one kind of friend. It’s […]

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