Privacy, the concept of friendship—add one more thing to the list of notions Facebook’s smashed. The old assumption that we’re all connected by six degrees of separation is outdated, Facebook says: now it’s 4.74, across the globe. Granted, the new law applies only to the social network itself, not the entire planet’s population. But Facebook’s 721 million active users—the most detailed number we’ve seen to date, by the way—covers 10% of the species. (via Facebook Says Literally Everyone Is Only 4.74 Degrees Away)
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Privacy, the concept of friendship—add one more thing to the list of notions Facebook’s smashed. The old assumption that we’re all connected by six degrees of separation is outdated, Facebook says: now it’s 4.74, across the globe.

Granted, the new law applies only to the social network itself, not the entire planet’s population. But Facebook’s 721 million active users—the most detailed number we’ve seen to date, by the way—covers 10% of the species. (via Facebook Says Literally Everyone Is Only 4.74 Degrees Away)

Source: Gizmodo