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How many active DC member are there? 150? (Dunbar number)

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urlwolf:
Dumbar number:

Dunbar's number, which is very approximately 150, represents a theorized cognitive limit to the number of individuals with whom any one person can maintain stable social relationships, the kind of relationships that go with knowing who each person is and how each person relates socially to every other person.[1] Group sizes larger than this generally require more restricted rules, laws, and enforced policies and regulations to maintain a stable cohesion.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number

This would make sense...

housetier:
 :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:

Well now! That was absolutely FASCINATING! I really enjoyed reading/learning this. However, 150 seems quite a large number to me...

urlwolf:
if you enjoyed that, the original post where I got the lead for the Dunbar number is this one:
http://andrewchen.typepad.com/

A GREAT blog.

And the post:
http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2008/01/does-facebook-r.html

Darwin:
I thought that was a typo for "Dumber number"  :-[...

Ah ha! It WAS a typo - Dunbar's number! Am I partially vindicated?

Anyway, reading your post, urlwolf, I am intrigued. I do WONDER how many of the appox. DC 110,000 members are active, say, one a week?

Josh:
Mouser, how many active users does DC have (Users with more than 50 posts)?

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