Closer Than Ever

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“ Six degrees of separation”, goes the popular phrase, showing that we are just six connections from every other person on the planet – including American actor Kevin Bacon (hence the trivia game known as Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon).

Facebook is said to bring people closer than ever

Now, Facebook’s social network has demonstrated that it is closer to four degrees separation. Using the immense network of 721 million Facebook users across the globe, researchers examined that the total number of Facebook friendships (an impressive 69 billion) and tested how many connection needed to tie two people on the planet together.

They found that most people could link within four connections, even older people aged 60 years old. In addition, within the same country that number dipped to only three. It’s a small world after all.

A graph worth a thousand word