Consider your social media networks:
Is there a noticeable subset of strong friends/followers?
Twitter:
My twitter is mostly comprised of businesses that i like, interesting or funny made up personalities, and some friends. I generally don't talk with my real life friends on twitter as much as other social networks such as Facebook. I generally use twitter to spread/share important information or things i like, ask a business a question, or responded to a friends tweet from time to time. There is not really a large subset of friends vs followers mainly because a majority of my followers are not my friends.
Facebook:
I would consider Facebook as my favorite and "main" social network that i use. I am friends on Facebook with just about every one of my real life friends, as well as a ton of other acquaintances, friends of friends, and some businesses. While i am friends with most of my real life friends on Facebook, i also have many people that i do not talk with anymore or have not even met as friends. There is definitely a strong subset of friends vs followers on Facebook for me. There is a clear line of people that i do not talk to, and those who i contact all the time.
Do you have multiple sub-networks?
I would say that i do in fact have multiple sub networks. There are my real life friends, my family members, my acquaintances, people i have never met before but thought were interesting, businesses, and made up personalities on twitter (these are things such as the Batman titter or the Chuck Norris twitter. They are run by real people impersonating a personality). Each of these subsets represent a completely different purpose for being friends/following with. I communicate with each of these differently and for different reasons. Friends for fun, family to keep in touch, businesses for news, new products, or questions, and personalities for entertainment.
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