Cool, now I have a connection to manage.
I found this part of the explaination in the FAQ to be a bit odd....
Another interesting benefit is that when you are viewing someones profile - you can see your "connectedness" with them. For example, if John is connected to Bob and Bob is connected to George, then John has one degree of connectedness with George. You can picture it like this: John->Bob->George - so John "knows" George through Bob. You can imagine that with a large group the connections can get pretty complicated. When viewing the profiles you can see how people are connected together.
WTF? Connectedness?