friendster, the new sixdegrees.com
does anybody even remember sixdegrees.com? well, it was a lot like friendster. you sign up, and then tell it who you know, and then could use those people to make further connections in real life. say you needed to know someone in graphic design in new york... just search for people you were connected to in new york, and then look for someone in graphic design. ask your first contact to be introduced to the second, and down the chain.
now, after a while, it gets fun to see how you are connected to other friends. like, say, my friend robey. yes, i'm directly connected to him, but also am connected to him thru a friend of my friend christine. and also by way of jonno. and also by way of jen formerly of ACRN.
it's insane, i tell you.