Not sure if you're aware of it, but this is a well-studied phenomenon. Check out Mark Granovetter's seminal paper "The Strengrth of Weak Ties" [0] [1], it's pre

Not sure if you're aware of it, but this is a well-studied phenomenon. Check out Mark Granovetter's seminal paper "The Strengrth of Weak Ties" [0] [1], it's pretty interesting reading. [0] http://www.jstor.org/stable/2776392?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents http://www.jstor.org/stable/2776392?seq=1#page_scan_tab_cont... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Granovetter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Granovetter