Facebook users average 4.74 degrees of separation

Interesting article about Facebook, it only shows social networks are for meeting the people you know in advance, not for meeting new people or make new friends.


The Anatomy of the Facebook Social Graph
"... we characterize the assortativity patterns present in the graph by studying the basic
demographic and network properties of users. We observe clear degree assortativity and characterize the extent to which ‘your friends have more friends than you’."

Four Degrees of Separation


Remember what I had been saying since several years ago:
Social networking/applications could merge with online dating for fun, for flirting, for entertainment purposes, for instant gratification.
Social networking and online dating for serious daters are like water and oil, they will never mix.
Online Dating for serious daters does not need to be more social, it needs to be more effective/efficient. It needs to reduce the false positives problem.

Read also:
You and your friends have very similar minds / FACEBOOK