Method, system and program product for building social networks

A method for building social networks, comprising:

• receiving a subscription request from a user with a profile page;
• comparing an existing contact list of the user with existing contact lists of other subscribing users to determine commonalities between the existing contact list of the user and the existing contact lists of the other subscribing users;
• building a configurable social network of contacts for the user based on the commonalities;
• generating a graphical representation of the configurable social network of contacts;
• receiving testimonials for one or more of the contacts in the configurable social network of contacts;
• receiving ratings for one or more of the contacts in the configurable social network of contacts;
• and
• identifying levels of separation between the contacts in the configurable social network of contacts.

A system for building social networks, comprising:

• a system for receiving a subscription request from a user with a profile page;
• a system for comparing an existing contact list of the user with existing contact lists of other subscribing users to determine commonalities between the existing contact list of the user and the existing contact lists of the other subscribing users;
• and
• a system for building a configurable social network of contacts for the user based on the commonalities.

A program product stored on a computer readable medium for building social networks, the computer readable medium comprising program code for performing the following steps:

• receiving a subscription request from a user with a profile page;
• comparing an existing contact list of the user with existing contact lists of other subscribing users to determine commonalities between the existing contact list of the user and the existing contact lists of the other subscribing users;
• and
• building a configurable social network of contacts for the user based on the commonalities.

A method for deploying an application for building social networks, comprising:

• providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
• receive a subscription request from a user with a profile page;
• compare an existing contact list of the user with existing contact lists of other subscribing users to determine commonalities between the existing contact list of the user and the existing contact lists of the other subscribing users;
• and
• build a configurable social network of contacts for the user based on the commonalities.