I am pretty sure that BuzzFeed has already drawn attention to this subject, but one of the most exhilarating feelings is realizing that you are somehow connected to a stranger that you have just met.
Facebook is key to facilitating this: the "mutual friends" feature is by far one of the most brilliant concepts invented.
Having just started a new job, I was thrilled by the opportunity to meet new people and, more importantly, figure out what friends we have in common.
Turns out, the world is much smaller than we think it is. I'm not saying that a rural Malaysian farmer is BFF with Paris Hilton's aunt, but people from the same metropolitan areas tend to run in parallel circles (although geometrically, circles cannot be parallel...but that's besides the point).
Making connections can really help you - professionally, of course, but also through social validation:
"I've never met you before? Not sure what I think about you. OH, you went to camp with my cousin's best friend's ex-boyfriend? You must be cool!"
Maybe that situation is a little exaggerated, but, overall, humans naturally feel more comfortable among those with whom they socially overlap. And, thanks to Facebook, we can make those social connections as quickly as we can connect to the Wifi.
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