Most people think that more contacts are better, however research shows that the size of your network is not the full story. The next two charts breakdown size into incoming (people in the reference group who identified you as a contact) and outgoing (people in the reference group you identified as a contact) relationships.
You
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Your Contacts in the Reference Group
MAX 4
MIN 4
AVG 4
Reference Group
MAX 7
MIN 1
AVG 3