I just wanted to say that six degrees of separation is real, but I don't give a damn about it.  One degree, friend of a friend, is where the action is and two degrees is the maximum under most social circumstances.

What this really means is that so called social network services are in the business of short-circuiting the six degrees of separation so the person you want to meet is one degree away.  In the case of dating service, the dating service is the short-circuiting friend/pimp.  That makes Jonathan Abrams the first pimp to be popular among VCs.

Hey, I got nothing against pimps.  I think they have a much better business model than most startups.

But then I do believe in Lassie so let's say there is some value in being able to meet friend-of-friend-of-friend-of-friend-of-friend-of-friend-of-friend.  Hold the music please.  They are not all friends, are they?  Dang.