1. A method comprising: generating, by at least one processor and based on input from a community of users distributed across a network, a rule for capturing electronic messages based on degrees of separation between users; receiving an electronic message; comparing, by at least one processor, a degree of separation between a sender of the electronic message and a recipient of the electronic message to one or more conditions of the rule; determining, by at least one processor and based on the comparison, that the electronic message satisfies the rule; and suppressing delivery of the electronic message based on the determination that the electronic message satisfies the rule.