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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2020

William Sims Bainbridge
William Sims Bainbridge
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National Science Foundation
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Facebook would seem to be the ideal online community in which to do research on the structure of personal social relationships and most related forms of social structure, both because it was originally created to support friendship interactions and because it has so many frequent users.

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The Social Structure of Online Communities , pp. 27 - 61
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Facebook
  • William Sims Bainbridge
  • Book: The Social Structure of Online Communities
  • Online publication: 06 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108615211.002
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  • William Sims Bainbridge
  • Book: The Social Structure of Online Communities
  • Online publication: 06 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108615211.002
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  • Facebook
  • William Sims Bainbridge
  • Book: The Social Structure of Online Communities
  • Online publication: 06 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108615211.002
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