Comment by vincnetas

I think this article invokes a bit of cognitive dissonance and a sense of repulsion in readers, by categorising friends in groups. And from my experience the largest group in my life appears to be "Sociable acquaintances". Kind of lowest quality friends. I assume lot of people are similar. They know lot of people and think that they have lots of friends, but when meaning of "friend" gets picked apart it appears that they might have only couple of real friends or even sadder when none. This realisation might bring rejection to the idea that the articles discusses or even trying to find flaws why the article is wrong. I found the article well written and interesting.