matgb | Make your own sign, 6 degrees meme

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Meme 6 handshakes... You know how everyone in the 'developed' world is six people away from everyone else (supposedly, and it's probably not far off). Well, I figured the other day that I'm not that far off everyone on my friends list. So, new meme; copy your friends (not mutual friends) list, and reorganise into number of people apart you are. Delete non-existent people or dummy accounts.

Have met: _mindrape_, aeranth, aliannurai, angelil, benjamindodson, bimbeeni, blacktone, blue5hadow, byteback, dainul, darkestinsanity, deuschristus, djrex, draich_goch, draxar, dudeulike, extinctfables, faeriecween, freddiefraggles, gary_joyce, granjero, guido_was_taken, hunniethepig, iamseph, indiana_george, innerbrat, johnwordsworth, karis_uk, kittenfangs, lmnicole, lokean, long2blong, maddock_ist_rad, mapp, markslut, matgb, matryx, misseve, nadriel, ollyb, oueze, paulatpingu, petevg, rakiek, raksaksa, ravensloft, ruein, rx_ritalin, scorpionchild, seth_ra, sexygoldfish_uk, shadow_exe, silentgreeneyes, simoncopp, stonefox84, susannah_banana, taradragon, telerfretmage, timsinister, tiredstars, tispity, tregwilym, two_brains, vampire_gothica, vampwillow, zechnophobe

1 person away from: allezbleu, comedyjim, adamshadow, doccy, jonnynexus, lithium_doll, lostinarden, htwo, mdmnmdllr, paulrattew, pinkshifter, poifaerie, sinju, smattie, thalinoviel, tyrell, waka_laka

2 people: yojimbouk

3 or 4 people: annacdotes, chrislightfoot, doctorvee, jackthomas, rho, vodex.

No direct connection (known) therefore 6 people: active_apathy, atlanta06, cargoweasel, daweaver, demiurgent, flemco, grrm, herdivineshadow, kling_klang_bed, kobold, naudiz, nihilistic_kid, palliddreamer, ps238principal, takhisis, theweaselking, tiger_grrl_23

NB, This effectively works if through no other way than elective politics. Everyone knows someone who has met their loacl MP/Congressman/whoever; a "please vote for me" pop into your newsagent counts. I've met several MPs, they've met Tony Blair, he's met most world leaders, they've met your MP, who's met someone you know, etc. In other cases, it's a bit weird, or "small world" links; I was in the same room today as

ims who knows

lithium_doll and

doccy as examples. Now, the question is, can those links be reduced by direct contact? And do we care?