Automatic friend connection within a social network

A system for recommending a friend for a social network utilizing a host site, the system comprising:

• a memory storing a first audio recording from a first user device associated with a first member having a first member profile affiliated with the host site and storing a second audio recording from a second user device associated with a second member having a second member profile affiliated with the host site;
• wherein the first user device includes a microphone that is activated upon initiation of a user login via the first user device, wherein the microphone of the first user device, once activated, becomes responsive to a verbal command to initiate recording of audio, wherein the recording of the first audio was initiated by the microphone of the first user device in response to receipt of a verbal command indicating an intent of the first member to associate the first member profile with the second member profile via the host site;
• and a processor system communicatively coupled to the memory;
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• determine if the first and second user are in proximity by comparing the first audio recording and the second audio recording;
• and
• based on a determination that the first user device and the second user device are in proximity, associating the first member profile with the second member profile via the host site.

A computer program product for recommending a friend for a social network utilizing a host site, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions readable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to perform a method comprising:

• obtaining, using a processor system, a first audio recording from a first user device associated with a first member having a first member profile affiliated with the host site, wherein the first user device includes a microphone that is activated upon initiation of a user login via the first user device, wherein the microphone of the first user device, once activated, becomes responsive to a verbal command to initiate recording of audio, wherein the recording of the first audio was initiated by the microphone of the first user device in response to receipt of a verbal command indicating an intent of the first member to associate the first member profile with the second member profile via the host site;
• obtaining, using a processor system, a second audio recording from a second user device associated with a second member having a second member profile affiliated with the host site;
• determining whether the first user device and the second user device are in proximity of one another by comparing the first audio recording with the second audio recording;
• and
• based on a determination that the first user device and the second user device are in proximity, associating the first member profile with the second member profile via the host site.