Facebook to test 6 degrees of seperation

katiesue · 08-15-2011, 01:31 PM

Interesting idea

I'm always waiting for someone I know from say a job or high school to show up on another friends list who I know from completely different circumstances. So far there has just been one, Kevy has a friend from college who is married to a friend of mine from high school.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-15-2011, 01:40 PM

I've had only one such connection through facebook. One of iSm's friends knows someone I went to jr. high and high school with from a dance group they've both been in for years and years. I spotted it, which lead to the amusing sequence of messages, "Wait, how do you two know each other?!?" "Dnace group. but, then, how do YOU two know each other??" "Mutual Disneyland friend. But how do YOU two know each other?!?!" "School."

I have one other connection, discovered not through facebook but through a phone contact list. Nirvanaman roomed with a friend of mine from high school while they both worked at Ford in Detroit.

Meanwhile I just tried to join in on the experiment, but I get to a certain point in the instructions and get an error on the web page, can't continue

Alex · 08-15-2011, 02:13 PM

I have two experiences.

Until the last couple of years I generally tried to keep several groups of friends distinct from each other. So I had work friends, Disney friends, another message board friends, and preferred they not mingle.

But Facebook kind of brought those walls down to some degree.

This revealed:

A) I know now that a member here is friends with a couple I know from a completely different sphere (because that person comments on his Facebook posts).

B) It turns out that one of the MousePlanet people went to middle school with a person I know up here but they were the ones who realized the connection through seeing each other comment on my LJ posts.

innerSpaceman · 08-15-2011, 02:26 PM

Not exactly the same thing, but I was often wondering how disparate sets of people I knew got to be 'friends' with each other on facebook. The answer turned out to be Mafia Wars, not anything small-worldish in real life. But it was very perplexing for a while.

And now I'm wondering who's the person I knew who knew someone who knew someone else who knew someone else who knew Ghoulish Delight.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-15-2011, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

And now I'm wondering who's the person I knew who knew someone who knew someone else who knew someone else who knew Ghoulish Delight.

If I say dancing + RenFaire, I bet you can guess.

Morrigoon · 08-15-2011, 02:53 PM

Someone I went to high school with knows one of my old ADD buddies

Kevy Baby · 08-15-2011, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by katiesue

...Kevy has a friend from college who is married to a friend of mine from high school.

Who? PM me if you don't want to post it publicly.

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Someone I went to high school with knows one of my old ADD buddies

That's cool that you had a support group for your attention deficit disorder.

innerSpaceman · 08-15-2011, 04:50 PM

No, because when you posted "dance group they've been in for years and years" + "iSm," i already knew it had to involve the Ren Faire. So it could still be any number of people. I'm a little dimwitted today tho.

no cracks about "today," please.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-15-2011, 04:51 PM

How many of them do I know? (actually, I don't know the answer to that, not sure how many of your friends that I know ARE Morris dancers).

It's Ginny.

katiesue · 08-15-2011, 05:19 PM

Kevy -PM sent

08-15-2011, 01:31 PM	#1
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	Facebook to test 6 degrees of seperation Interesting idea I'm always waiting for someone I know from say a job or high school to show up on another friends list who I know from completely different circumstances. So far there has just been one, Kevy has a friend from college who is married to a friend of mine from high school. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I've had only one such connection through facebook. One of iSm's friends knows someone I went to jr. high and high school with from a dance group they've both been in for years and years. I spotted it, which lead to the amusing sequence of messages, "Wait, how do you two know each other?!?" "Dnace group. but, then, how do YOU two know each other??" "Mutual Disneyland friend. But how do YOU two know each other?!?!" "School." I have one other connection, discovered not through facebook but through a phone contact list. Nirvanaman roomed with a friend of mine from high school while they both worked at Ford in Detroit. Meanwhile I just tried to join in on the experiment, but I get to a certain point in the instructions and get an error on the web page, can't continue __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-15-2011, 02:13 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I have two experiences. Until the last couple of years I generally tried to keep several groups of friends distinct from each other. So I had work friends, Disney friends, another message board friends, and preferred they not mingle. But Facebook kind of brought those walls down to some degree. This revealed: A) I know now that a member here is friends with a couple I know from a completely different sphere (because that person comments on his Facebook posts). B) It turns out that one of the MousePlanet people went to middle school with a person I know up here but they were the ones who realized the connection through seeing each other comment on my LJ posts.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Not exactly the same thing, but I was often wondering how disparate sets of people I knew got to be 'friends' with each other on facebook. The answer turned out to be Mafia Wars, not anything small-worldish in real life. But it was very perplexing for a while. And now I'm wondering who's the person I knew who knew someone who knew someone else who knew someone else who knew Ghoulish Delight.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Someone I went to high school with knows one of my old ADD buddies __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	No, because when you posted "dance group they've been in for years and years" + "iSm," i already knew it had to involve the Ren Faire. So it could still be any number of people. I'm a little dimwitted today tho. no cracks about "today," please.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	How many of them do I know? (actually, I don't know the answer to that, not sure how many of your friends that I know ARE Morris dancers). It's Ginny. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	Kevy -PM sent __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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