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Not a contradiction, it's a statistical certainty.



Someone must have the most likes. But it's true for the rest of us. If there are disconnected graphs, they'll have a local king of the popularity hill.


whops, that's a miss-paste :) meant to paste this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_paradox




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