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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Mon Mar 19, 2018, 11:18 PM Mar 2018

Kogan/Spectre study at Cambridge Uni captured 57 billion Facebook friendships

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2015 Kogan/Spectre study at Cambridge Uni captured 57 *billion* Facebook friendships

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/facebook-data-suggests-people-from-higher-social-class-have-fewer-international-friends

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Kogan/Spectre study at Cambridge Uni captured 57 *billion* Facebook friendships (Original Post) MelissaB Mar 2018 OP

Just for perspective, the population of the US is 325 million. dchill Mar 2018 #1

I hope the Kremlin gave Kogan an award for vacuuming data dalton99a Mar 2018 #2

I dont buy the story he gave this data away for free. Aside from the grants from Russia he got some bettyellen Mar 2018 #3

dchill

(38,472 posts)

1. Just for perspective, the population of the US is 325 million.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2018, 11:22 PM

Mar 2018

That's a lot of friendships!

dalton99a

(81,451 posts)

2. I hope the Kremlin gave Kogan an award for vacuuming data

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 11:25 PM

Mar 2018

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

3. I dont buy the story he gave this data away for free. Aside from the grants from Russia he got some

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2018, 11:25 PM

Mar 2018

other encouragement or promises if not hidden money for giving it over. CA uses shell companies, Russians launder money all the time. Data like that isn’t given away thoughtlessly.

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