] They say everyone is connected to everyone else in the
] world by no more than six degrees of separation. Now a
] new set of dot-coms such as Friendster, Ryze, and
] Tribe.net are putting that notion to the test, allowing
] individuals to create an electronic Web of friends,
] families, and business contacts, who in turn, are
] connected to their other friends, families, and business
] contacts.

blah blah blah. Yeah, there used to be a site called sixdegrees.com... of course it blew up just like a bunch of other 'good' ideas. I blog'd this more as a data point of the hullabaloo in the space versus any useful info gleened from it.