Automatic friend connection within a social network

1. A computer-implemented method for recommending a friend for a social network utilizing a host site, the method comprising:

obtaining, using a processor system, a first audio recording from a first user device associated with a first member having a first member profile affiliated with the host site, wherein the first user device includes a microphone that is activated upon initiation of a user login via the first user device, wherein the microphone of the first user device, once activated, becomes responsive to a verbal command to initiate recording of audio, wherein the recording of the first audio was initiated by the microphone of the first user device in response to receipt of a verbal command indicating an intent of the first member to associate the first member profile with a second member profile of a second member via the host site, wherein the second member is associated with a second user device;

in response to initiating the recording of the first audio, determining whether the first user device and the second user device are in proximity of one another; and

based on a determination that the first user device and the second user device are in proximity, associating the first member profile with the second member profile via the host site.