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​​Friendship paradox

Friendship paradox describes statement what says that your friends have more friends than you.

Reason

It's very simple: the more a person has friends, the bigger chance that he'll be observed in one's own friends.

Research

Many researches were conducted, and results show that it was true for 98% of Twitter users and more than 90% of Facebook.

Example

Your friend wants to check how popular he is. He goes to your friends list and sees that your friends have more friend than he has. Even though it sounds complex, it's really easy. If a person is not popular, there are more chances to find him in different friends lists. If a person is not that popular, he has less chances to be noticed in those lists.

There are just less chances to see unpopular people in friends lists, thus you only see popular people who have a lot friends.

Original research: Link

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