Six degrees of separation may be good enough for most people, but for Facebook members, it’s only 4.74 degrees, according to a study conducted jointly by the social networking giant and the University of Milan. Conducted earlier this year, the study examined all 721 million active Facebook users, who had 69 billion friendships among them, Facebook said. Whether the conclusions of the study might be off-base is open to debate. “Obviously the study is only valid for the part of the population that is on Facebook,” said UCSD’s James H. Fowler.
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Facebook Whittles Down 6 Degrees of Separation to 4.74
Posted by: Richard Adhikari November 22, 2011 11:46 AMSix degrees of separation may be good enough for most people, but for Facebook members, it’s only 4.74 degrees, according to a study conducted jointly by the social networking giant and the University of Milan. Conducted earlier this year, the study examined all 721 million active Facebook users, who had 69 billion friendships among them, Facebook said. Whether the conclusions of the study might be off-base is open to debate. “Obviously the study is only valid for the part of the population that is on Facebook,” said UCSD’s James H. Fowler.