Amusing video: “I look at people who have 100 friends on Friendster the same as I look on people in the real world who have 30 sexual partners.” (via Danah)
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What do you mean by that. Too many or too few?
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Interesting calculus… I think just a one encounter with my one sexual partner (or, for those of us who are hopeless romantics, “spouse”) is worth far more than 3.33 Friendster links.
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