Mon.Apr 16, 2012

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5 studies prove social media is less than 6 degrees of separation

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Cover of Kevin Bacon. The idea behind 6 degrees of separation is ”friend of a friend” connections make it so everyone is only 6 steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person. The theory was originally presented by Hungarian author, Frigyes Karinthy, in a 1929 short story. It was a popular play in 1993 written by John Guare and then a trivia game called Six Degree of Kevin Bacon that Kevin turned into a charitable organization called SixDegrees.org.