Abstract: A method and system for facilitating electronic communication between two or more people is described. In one implementation, a first encounter description is received from a first user, the first encounter description including content describing an encounter between the first user and a second user. A search query is formulated based on the first encounter description. The search query is used to search a collection of received encounter descriptions to match at least some of the content of the first encounter description with content of one or more other received encounter descriptions. One or more other received encounter descriptions are identified matching the first encounter description based on the search, including a second encounter description from the second user comprising content describing the encounter between the first user and the second user. Notification is provided to the first user of the second encounter description.