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How is relationship status calculated?

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Written by Olivier Roth
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The Swarm relationship status estimates the warmth of a relationship between members and their connections. With it, you can reveal warm relationships and send intro requests with a high level of confidence.

It's based on a proprietary algorithm that automatically estimates the warmth of the relationship, scores it, and normalizes it as Confirmed, Likely, or Potential.

Our algorithm is based on the following criteria:

  • Having a common company in employment history

  • The length of the overlap at that company

  • If they work in the same area/domain

  • Having exchanged one or multiple emails

  • Having met one or multiple times

  • Being connected on LinkedIn

How to improve connection strength?

To improve the relationship status accuracy, please make sure that you and your members use all the import sources available:

  • Work overlaps,

  • LinkedIn connections,

  • Google Contacts with Calendar data (if you use Gmail).
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You can then filter People by using the "Strength" filter.

The "Connection Strength" tab under each profile will give you details on the relationship.

How to edit connection strength?

To adjust your connection strength with a specific profile, navigate to the Profile Page and select the "Relationships" tab. In the table breakdown, find your name and utilize the dropdown menu in the "Status" column.

Please note that you can modify only your personal relationship status within the connected profiles.

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