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Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2025
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There's actually some interesting research behind this - Dunbar's number suggests humans can only maintain about 150 meaningful relationships, which is why those smaller networks tend to work better psychologicaly than the massive free-for-alls we've built.