Granovetter's 1973 finding, still operationally underrated: your closest friends know everyone you already know. They cannot introduce you to a single new person. Acquaintances, by contrast, span multiple cliques — they are the only path to non-redundant network access. The Granovetter move is to identify 3–5 hub acquaintances and ask each for one intro. The cost is ~5 awkward conversations; the upside is access no strong tie can produce.
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