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Composition and Structure of a Large Online Social Network in the Netherlands Rense Corten* Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Abstract Limitations in data collection have long been an obstacle in research on friendship networks. Most earlier studies use either a sample of ego-networks, or complete network data on a relatively small group (e.g., a single organization). The rise of online social networking services such as Friendster and Facebook, however, provides researchers with opportunities to stud