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1voteRheingold said that even if online friends don't become best friends, there's a benefit to building a "portfolio of weak ties." When you experience something traumatic, he explained, like losing your home, you're most likely to seek shelter from one of your closest friends or relatives. But when you lose a job or are seeking a mate, a sizable network of weak ties can come to the rescue.
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2voteAwhile back, Facebook had a way to "visualize" your friends, in the form of a graphic containing all of your friends and their interconnections. They've since removed this, likely because of the processing time needed to create it.
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