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@zeynep@barrywellman@nytimesworld I disagree. Facebook "friends" are not real friends. We are still at 6 degrees. Not 3. -
@NAChristakis@barrywellman Few people friend complete strangers. Friends+weak ties. They're friends enough in Milgram's experiment sense. - Show replies
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@GabrielRossman@NAChristakis@barrywellman Yes, sure. I'd wager both shortest & potentially shorter path lengths are altered in FB world. -
@GabrielRossman@NAChristakis@barrywellman FB allows continuing ties that would be lost in 20th century—we moved but had less connectivity. - Show replies
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@GabrielRossman@NAChristakis@barrywellman Also, larger weak tie pool may mean more robust strong tie networks. More to choose/replace.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@GabrielRossman@NAChristakis@barrywellman Not sure by how much but it would reduce, and ~1 is a big reduction. -
@GabrielRossman@NAChristakis@barrywellman I'm in close contact with almost my entire small high school class. Real friends. No FB no way.
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@GabrielRossman@NAChristakis@barrywellman Yea. 20th century was weird. High mobility, low connectivity. Now high-high. Before low-low.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@GabrielRossman@jessecshore@NAChristakis@barrywellman@duncanjwatts Dynamic component: weaker ties FB kept alive=latent stronger ties. -
@GabrielRossman@jessecshore@NAChristakis@barrywellman@duncanjwatts My view is literature dichotomizes a ~continuum, misses dynamic role. - Show replies
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