I don't actually know how this works! I think usernames are in closer proximity according to how many friends on your flist are on their flist? But I see sscrewdriver isn't on here. I thought I friended her before I friended chaeche, and that I friended both after I requested the map. *shrugs* I thought that people i friended because I saw them on each other's journals would certainly be grouped together, but they aren't. So the algorithm isn't that obvious.
(Where "algorithm"= general idea of how this works, not an actual algorithm. As much as I love the sounds of Arabic-origin words, like algorithm and zarf, anything that might require an actual equation-type thing might cause me hives.)
I will bet there is a way to find out who left the most comments on your journal.
Er, hi, I'm still here looking at your map. *blushes* So interesting. The part of me that wishes I had gone into sociology is fascinated by this. I'm not sure what's meaningful--does the font size indicate the number of mutual friends you have in common? Does color mean anything? I thought placement might give you some idea of small subnetworks, but I'm not sure if that works. (For instance, I think Liseuse and I only know three or four other people on your list, and they're the same ones, and indeed we're close together in the bottom right hand corner.) Hm. Fascinating. I wonder if I need to get a paid account to get one of these.And what would I give for one of these maps of my academic field--perhaps showing who's footnoted whom? Maggie P.S. Technical words used in a loose, metaphorical way work for me. *smile*
I got mine without a paid account. You don't even have to pay for the chart, though it took several months to order the free one. Click on the link under the chart for more information. if you succeed in parsing the programmer's explanations of how this works, please get back to me and explain! I clicked his links and really didn't understand his explanations at all!
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Date: 2006-10-29 05:09 pm (UTC)(Where "algorithm"= general idea of how this works, not an actual algorithm. As much as I love the sounds of Arabic-origin words, like algorithm and zarf, anything that might require an actual equation-type thing might cause me hives.)
I will bet there is a way to find out who left the most comments on your journal.
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