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  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/treat-making-a-tie-and-maintaining-it-as-different-jobs",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0526",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Treat making a tie and maintaining it as different jobs",
  "summary": "Meeting someone and still knowing them six months later are different mechanisms.",
  "kind": "principle",
  "body": "Separate formation from maintenance. Use events, pairings and introductions to create opportunities, then use lightweight follow-up, recurring context or mutual activity to maintain ties you actually value. Do not evaluate a networking activity only by how many new contacts it creates.",
  "limits": [
    "The 2026 network intervention had a specific group context; maintenance mechanisms vary across relationship types."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-everyday-social-connection"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-C66332633DE746EF"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A 2026 adaptive social-network intervention found structured pairings supported formation of new close ties, while maintenance of those ties was more limited.",
      "source_id": "RS-C66332633DE746EF",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The specific group intervention should not be generalized as a universal relationship program.",
      "locator": "Abstract and highlights"
    },
    {
      "claim": "The adaptive-network study explicitly distinguishes mechanisms of tie formation from mechanisms of tie maintenance.",
      "source_id": "RS-C66332633DE746EF",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "What maintains ties will differ across settings, relationship types and life stages.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "New introductions happen often but few relationships survive beyond the first encounter."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "The 2026 network intervention had a specific group context; maintenance mechanisms vary across relationship types."
  ],
  "example": "After a useful conference conversation, send one concrete follow-up and create a reason for a second interaction instead of merely saving the contact.",
  "check": "The process has a maintenance mechanism beyond collecting names or first meetings.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-C66332633DE746EF",
      "title": "Closing the loop: Design, implementation, and evaluation of a regular-feedback network intervention for social connectedness and mental health",
      "url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378873326000146"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0526",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0527",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/give-a-promising-new-connection-a-second-interaction"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-7EA7AE5F77E4BAE5",
      "title": "Build connection from small repeatable interactions, not only big social plans",
      "url": "/collections/build-connection-from-small-repeatable-interactions-not-only-big-social-plans"
    }
  ]
}