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For instance, Cuba Gooding, Jr. is in Home on
Range with Judi Dench, who is also working with Roseanne on Home on Range, who worked with John Goodman on Roseanne Show, who worked with Dan Akroyd on Saturday Night Live, who worked with Jim Belushi on Saturday Night Live, who was John Belushi's brother, who worked with Kevin Bacon on film Animal House.
It's a variation of old "6 Degrees of Separation" theory that has been around forever. And it's a lot like new social networks.
Creating Your Network Most of these social networking groups create networks based on various common interests and for some, on trusted connections--which is much greater help to business folks. LinkedIn and Orkut are this type of network. You create your network link by link by link so your social network is bound to be a higher quality network than one in which anyone can join and contact anyone in network.
Here are websites for social networks I mentioned:
www.Match.com www.Friendster.com www.LinkedIn.com www.Ryze.com www.Tribe.net www.Orkut.com www.Meetup.com
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