But this neuters the Internet's potential to break down social barriers between people or groups who might otherwise not connect with each other.

但是这限制了互联网打破人或群体之间社会障碍的潜力，如果不这样【没有互联网的这个潜力】，人们也许不会相互交流。

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Google +, which lets people connect with and manage groups of friends, added about 5 million visitors in less than a week to reach about 25 million, according to ComScore.

Google +能够使得用户连接和管理朋友群组，根据ComScore公司数据，这使得他的用户在不足一周时间里，从500万达到2500万。

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Community Platform: Users can connect to affinity groups, Facebook can map relationships and affinities.

社区平台：用户可以连接到关系密切的群组，Facebook可描画出关系与密切度。

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Lisa Curtis is an analyst at the Heritage Foundation: "When somebody like Shahzad is easily able to find training and inspiration and easily connect up with these various militant groups in Pakistan,it shows that there is a certain level of tolerance for terrorist groups in the country."

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But it's important to break out of your comfort zone, expand your network and connect with broader groups.

CNN: Workplace happiness: What's the secret?

As the word carol - a joyful song - suggests, carols bring us together and connect us in groups of shared experience and feelings.

BBC: A Point of View: The joy of Christmas carols

The Dragonfly Effect, authored by Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith, examines how people are using social media to connect and form groups that create change throughout the globe.

FORBES: Names You Need To Know: The Dragonfly Effect