The structure of online social networks mirrors those in the offline world

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Robin I. M. Dunbar, Valerio Arnaboldi, Marco Conti, Andrea Passarella

Published: 01 Jan 2015, Last Modified: 06 Mar 2025Soc. Networks 2015EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•Offline personal social networks consist of a series of embedded layers.•These layers reappear in two Facebook and a Twitter dataset.•We identify a new unsuspected inner layer of very ∼1.5 intimate friends.

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