LinkedIn only uses 3 degrees. The theory you’re talking about is that mathematically people should be connected within 6 degrees, but the number of degrees you go with is arbitrary. In LinkedIns case they use them to classify people in one of three categories as it relates to you.
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asqapro@reddthat.com 1 day agoMaybe I’m missing something, but 3rd degree would be the person is connected with a person you’re 2nd degree connection with, right? That’s why Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a thing.
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philodendron@lemdro.id 1 day ago
You’re correct. 3rd-degree connections are friends of friends of your friends