Crazy Old Dunbar

Turns out, maybe the old fart was right

Bill Davis
Nov 1 · 2 min read
Dunbar’s number is this guy plus 149 more.
Dunbar’s number is this guy plus 149 more.
Dunbar’s number is this guy plus 149 more. Photo by Elton Oliver on Unsplash

Back when I had 675 “friends” on Facebook, I made a public post that stated something like, “I only need 25 more friends to break 700.”

Seems like just yesterday. Now that I’m at 4,980 friends, that statement astounds me.

Why? Because within a day, I had crossed 700. Then 800, a thousand, three thousand…

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