October 2009
“Some people online are trying to flout Dunbar’s number, to become connected and actual friends with tens of thousands of people at once. And guess what? It doesn’t scale. You might be able to stretch to 200 or 400, but no, you can’t effectively engage at a tribal level with a thousand people. You get the politician’s glassy-eyed gaze or the celebrity’s empty stare. And then the nature of the relationship is changed.”
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Seth’s Blog: Dunbar’s Number isn’t just a number, it’s the law (via superamit)
Obey the law.
(via generic1) I agree. How many people in your life can you drag to an Antonioni retrospective at the Castro? Those are your real friends.