11/22/11

Study: With greater connectivity comes less degrees of separation - Technology - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News

Study: With greater connectivity comes less degrees of separation - Technology - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News: "WASHINGTON - Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon may be the name of the game but it takes less than that to connect any two users on Facebook.

According to a study by Facebook and the University of Milan, the average number of steps it takes to link any two individuals on the social network is 4.74.

In a blog post late Monday, Facebook's Data Team said the researchers had used state-of-the-art algorithms to approximate the number of "hops" between all pairs of individuals on Facebook.
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