although... even though the estimate is no longer valid the drop nodes with less than X friends would still prove useful for dropping "really" low quantities.... ie: less than 5 (lets say that only 50% of the clients now pong... that still means that you have a low number of 10 connections).. it's these kinda hosts that I don't like connecting to as they just suck up a connection... I figure the whole drop friends thing should still be there albeit in an automatic sense... just a thought... I often find my self with a couple host with 1 or 2 friends... I get rid of them and replace them with some 200 friend groups and I get far better search results... the count of friends is still a little valid...