So to invoke another metaphor, if you imagine social networks as a kind of vast fabric of humanity -- I'm connected to you and you to her, on out endlessly into the distance -- this fabric is actually like an old-fashioned American quilt, and it has patches on it: happy and unhappy patches.
Da se poslužimo metaforom, ako zamislite društvenu mrežu kao tkaninu načinjenu od ljudi - ja sam povezan sa tobom, ti s njom i tako u nedogled - ta tkanina je ustvari kao staromodni skrpani pokrivač, puna zakrpa, sretnih i nesretnih zakrpa.