Microsoft determined that we are all linked by 6.6 degrees of separation

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/04/are-we-really-s.html

by hhm • 17 years ago

6 8 17 years ago

More like, Microsoft determined that people who chat actively on MSN messenger are linked by 6.6 degrees of separation. It's just not as interesting a story with those pesky details added in, is it?

jpwagner• 17 years ago

ha, true. i wouldn't have clicked the link if they used your title.

branden2• 17 years ago

You're leaving out the pesky detail that an entirely different experiment with an entirely different sample using an entirely different communication method yielded a very similar result. This is damn interesting. Not conclusive by any means, but interesting.

whughes• 17 years ago

A sample of people from Nebraska and Boston. Hardly any better from a global perspective (indeed, probably worse, since MSN is fairly universal). What about the 80% of people living in the developing world?

kirse• 17 years ago

Off-topic, but why did you create a new account to post the exact same thing you deleted under your normal name (river_styx)? Or am I mistaken and these are two different people?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=573339

Celcius• 17 years ago

The reference for the article gives 404 and physorg doesn't seem to have an article covering the subject. Heres the original paper: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/horvitz/leskov...

Microsoft determined that we are all linked by 6.6 degrees of separation

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