The "Kevin Bacon" stuff was about degrees of separation (Does the expression "Six degrees of separation" ring a bell ?). Not long ago, Facebook made that 4.74

The "Kevin Bacon" stuff was about degrees of separation (Does the expression "Six degrees of separation" ring a bell ?). Not long ago, Facebook made that 4.74 degrees of separation on its networks. Meaning a maximum of only 4.74 persons are necessary to connect any two random persons on the network. https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-team/anatomy-of-facebook/10150388519243859 https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-team/anatomy-of... You can also find an article on Wikipedia about the "Kevin Bacon" reference.