Unused networking connections decay naturally similar to synaptic pruning
Davide Cannarozzi · 30 Years Exposed Him to Every Networking Context - His Conclusion Surprised Me · Apr 21, 2026 · at 26:47
Davide Cannarozzi explains why large numbers of social media connections inevitably fade unless intentionally maintained.
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“There's a pruning process when we network, you know, we, it's like the brain, you know, when we are just born, we have a hundred billions of neurons and that, that converts into trillions of synapses and connections between them. But then the more we grow, and the more there's a pruning process because some connections get reinforced and so that the brain can be more efficient and work faster. But the connections that are not used just with time decay and something very similar happens with networking.”
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