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New social network limits your friend list to 50

2010-11-16 09:35 by
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Is it really possible to have more than 50 actual, true, serious friends? The people behind Path, a brand new social networking service, don't think so and have proposed a revolutionary new way of treating your digital friend list.

One of the most interesting phenomena that has surfaced in the Facebook generation is "friend creep," the trend of an always-expanding friend list. Users commonly befriend everyone they went to school with, anyone they go on one date with, or even people they meet online. Some even go around sending random friend requests. It's not uncommon for someone to have more than 1,000 Facebook friends.

Path says it's going too far, and is placing the cap for its service at 50 friends. Its co-founder, Dave Morin, says, "You usually have about five people whom you trust most, 20 whom you consider your BFFs that you hang out with all the time and about 50 or so who are your personal network."

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