Comments on: Dunbar revisited 147.8++ http://www.mulley.net/2008/01/03/dunbar-revisited-1478/ Invisible people have invisible rights Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:01:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Olivier http://www.mulley.net/2008/01/03/dunbar-revisited-1478/comment-page-1/#comment-553154 Olivier Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:00:56 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/01/03/dunbar-revisited-1478/#comment-553154 Hey Damien, I'm catching up on my feeds hence the late comment (bah only 14 days!). Very interesting post. This reminded me of a sweet little app I used a couple of days back: TwitterStats, available @ http://dcortesi.com/2007/12/27/twitter-stats/ Here are my stats: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oansaldi/2184299578/ Looking at them, it's obvious I should sleep more ;) Hey Damien,
I’m catching up on my feeds hence the late comment (bah only 14 days!). Very interesting post. This reminded me of a sweet little app I used a couple of days back: TwitterStats, available @ http://dcortesi.com/2007/12/27/twitter-stats/
Here are my stats: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oansaldi/2184299578/
Looking at them, it’s obvious I should sleep more ;)

]]> By: joconnor http://www.mulley.net/2008/01/03/dunbar-revisited-1478/comment-page-1/#comment-529029 joconnor Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:02:36 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/01/03/dunbar-revisited-1478/#comment-529029 Great introduction to a social theory new to me. The Dunbar number refers to 'maintained social relationships'. Do Social network facilities, such as facebook status updates, allow us to build 'maintained social relationships'? Or do they create a new type of social relationship (SR), a dormant SR - enough to maintain the SR, but not enough to consider them fully developed. These Dormant SR's being easily switchable into maintained SR where mutual interests are ignited/reignited. I think this is where these social utilities come into their own. In particular as an easy way to keep in touch with good people I was sociable with when I lived with abroad, who I would like to maintain contact with in an uncomplicated manner. So that if circumstances changed (jobs, moved house) we could rebuild that contact into a fully fledged SR. Great introduction to a social theory new to me.

The Dunbar number refers to ‘maintained social relationships’. Do Social network facilities, such as facebook status updates, allow us to build ‘maintained social relationships’?
Or do they create a new type of social relationship (SR), a dormant SR - enough to maintain the SR, but not enough to consider them fully developed. These Dormant SR’s being easily switchable into maintained SR where mutual interests are ignited/reignited.
I think this is where these social utilities come into their own. In particular as an easy way to keep in touch with good people I was sociable with when I lived with abroad, who I would like to maintain contact with in an uncomplicated manner. So that if circumstances changed (jobs, moved house) we could rebuild that contact into a fully fledged SR.

]]> By: Ina http://www.mulley.net/2008/01/03/dunbar-revisited-1478/comment-page-1/#comment-529016 Ina Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:52:07 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/01/03/dunbar-revisited-1478/#comment-529016 Have a look at Ego networks Damien. You going to Blogtalk so? Have a look at Ego networks Damien.
You going to Blogtalk so?

]]> By: mikeC http://www.mulley.net/2008/01/03/dunbar-revisited-1478/comment-page-1/#comment-528946 mikeC Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:50:52 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/01/03/dunbar-revisited-1478/#comment-528946 I've never head of the Dunbar number before, but funny as it may seem, social structures break down in herds of cows as the numbers get to 200. There is no set hierarchy, presumably because they are just not able to remember all the others in the field with them. It leads to an increase in confrontations between each other, and them being generally less relaxed. I wonder how they are able to cope with more than us. What they have going for them I suppose is that they all speak the same language, and they only have a few rudimentary forms of communication, and 'grooming', and that all in the herd are relative close and they see each other every day, unlike us who may not see each other for weeks on end. I’ve never head of the Dunbar number before, but funny as it may seem, social structures break down in herds of cows as the numbers get to 200. There is no set hierarchy, presumably because they are just not able to remember all the others in the field with them. It leads to an increase in confrontations between each other, and them being generally less relaxed.
I wonder how they are able to cope with more than us. What they have going for them I suppose is that they all speak the same language, and they only have a few rudimentary forms of communication, and ‘grooming’, and that all in the herd are relative close and they see each other every day, unlike us who may not see each other for weeks on end.

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