You will have read that Facebook has shrunk the world so much the degree of separation has been cut dramatically.
You will have read that Facebook has shrunk the world so much the degree of separation has been cut dramatically.
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Tom Shields
It was Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy who postulated in 1929 that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from anybody else. In the age of online social networking where you can gain a “friend” with a click of a button, the degree of separation is now 3.74.
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You will have read that Facebook has shrunk the world so much the degree of separation has been cut dramatically.
It was Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy who postulated in 1929 that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from anybody else. In the age of online social networking where you can gain a “friend” with a click of a button, the degree of separation is now 3.74.
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