web 2.0

Kevin Bacon has started SixDegrees.org, a social networking site for charity that trades on the famous game based on the actor's ubiquity. The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon held that any actor could be connected through films to Bacon within six links. In a video on his site. it as fitting into the "small world phenomenon," where everyone is connected. It's an idea that much of the Web 2.0 is built on - linking people with social networks like MySpace and Friendster. Unfortunately, Bacon's site has little do with the Six Degrees game - which in some form, one figures, would make an excellent website. But it's hard to fault Bacon since his heart is in the right place. In less than a week, the site has raised more than US$67,000. social networking