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Social graph. >> "the washington post" reported today between 1984 and 2009, the median net worth for a member of congress more than doubled. those numbers did not include home equity. for the average american family in that same period, their net worth actually declined. we have a growing difference between the kinds of people who we're electing and the people who are doing the electing. your thought on the implications, chris? >> i think ari's certainly right here, chris, that there is this idea that you need more money and more connections to run for office because of the price of the offic...

Which means it's not just about getting a name or going on tv or any of the things we think about as politicking, it's actually just having a very wealthy social graph. >> "the washington post" reported today between 1984 and 2009, the median net worth for a member of congress more than doubled. those numbers did not include home equity. for the average american family in that same period, their net worth actually declined. we have a growing difference between the kinds of people who we're electing and the people who are doing the electing. your thought on the implications, chris? >> i think a...

Of facebook as a way of connecting to people youer are know, my yearbook's a way of connecting to people you want to know. i got the idea with my brother, dave, flipping through normal high school yearbook in his room. and we just wanted to -- we wanted to meet new people in our high school. we realized that the yearbook was a horrible tool for that. so we thought, you know, we can make a website. we'll make it a great tool for meeting new people. now we're one, according to com score one of the top 30 sites in total time spent. so we're one of the most trafficked sites in the u.s. i don't mea...