Facebook & Kevin Bacon
1Thanks to Facebook, we’re all friends, or a firend of a friend, etc. And now there’s data to back that up.
Making news today: Facebook Claims 4.74 Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
In other words– there’s no long six degrees of separation between me and anyone else. Now there’s just a little less than five. As a journalist, I’ve noticed this to be true. I’ve had to make fewer phone calls to get to the person I’m looking for. Spokespeople seem to respond faster (most of them). And sometimes all I have to do is mention what I’m doing and people come to me.
What do you think about this new revelation? Is it great? Or is it scary?
I’ll let you ponder these questions while watching this hilarious Kevin Bacon commercial (just my opinion):
FANtastic commercial. It appears to be a more elaborate version of the an earlier similar commercial. Take about a good sport! You only need Kyra Sedgwick in it to make it complete!