Navox Network - The privacy-first network CRM built on weak-ties research.

The ranking is based on an activation priority score that intentionally puts weak ties first — directly implementing Granovetter's theory and the Rajkumar et al. (2022) findings.

How it works:

1. Tie strength is calculated from two components: relationship depth (60%) and recency (40%). Depth follows a bell curve peaking at ~2 years — new connections score low, 6-month to 2.5-year connections score highest, and older ones gradually drift down. Recency tracks how fresh the connection is.

2. Activation priority then flips the intuition: weak-to-moderate ties (0.1–0.5 strength) get a significant bonus (+0.3) because that's the "sweet spot" from the research — the zone where Rajkumar's LinkedIn experiment showed connections are ~2x more likely to lead to job mobility.

3. Bridge detection adds another +0.3 bonus. If someone is in an industry cluster with 3 or fewer people in your network, they're a "bridge" — your only path into that sector. Per Granovetter: "No strong tie is a bridge."

4. Network position (bridge > explorer > anchor > dormant) adds a final layer.

The result: a weak tie to a bridge connection scores 0.79, while a strong tie to someone in your dominant industry scores 0.29 — nearly 3x higher priority. The queue shows your top 10 ranked this way.

If you've uploaded LinkedIn enrichment data (messages, endorsements, recommendations), those layer on as additional signals — bidirectional messaging adds +0.15, recommendations +0.07.

The core insight: the people you should reach out to first are probably not your closest contacts — they're the ones you barely remember but who connect you to entirely different parts of the professional world.

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