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The friendship paradox
The paradox states that, on average, your friends are more popular than you are.
Sociologist Scott Feld first explained the friendship paradox in 1991 in the article "Why Your Friends Have More Friends Than You Do." He observed that most people have fewer friends than their friends have, on average.
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Mathematical equation can explain certain aspects
- The friendship paradox is stronger in social networks that are made up of people with varied popularities.
- Our social circles are biased samples of the population. Generally, it is not appropriate to compare ourselves to our friends....
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Averages are misleading
Lead author George Cantwell says averages are often highly misleading. Some people are less popular than their friends. Others are more so.
Cantwell and his colleagues developed a new mathematical equation to help researchers understand the paradox of frien...
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