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Finding the Social Core of Facebook Friends: Revisiting the Dunbar Number « Skilful MindsA recent Economist article discusses the relevance of Dunbar’s Number to friending in Facebook, and its relation to the size of social networks, especially networks of close friends. The article addresses a similar issue outlined in an earlier post here on the influence of influentials on Twitter ...
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Facebook et al risk 'infantilising' the human mind | Media | guardian.co.ukSocial network sites risk infantilising the mid-21st century mind, leaving it characterised by short attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathise and a shaky sense of identity, according to a leading neuroscientist. The startling warning from Lady Greenfield, professor of synaptic ...
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A galaxy of helpful people | Technology | The GuardianWhen Dr Chris Lintott, a researcher in the department of physics at the University of Oxford, first considered launching a website to ask the public to help classify photographs of 1m galaxies, he assumed it would probably take three or four years to complete. Galaxy Zoo ( galaxyzoo.org), ...
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