You Gotta Have Friends...

Sep 09, 2005 13:42


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purpletigron September 9 2005, 13:04:14 UTC
I like it that fringefaan is so central :-) Do you know what the size and weight of type indicate?

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profundo_rosso September 9 2005, 13:30:57 UTC
I would have guessed the number of times I've posted on their sites, or vice versa, but closer inspection undermines that theory.

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orangemike September 9 2005, 15:59:09 UTC
It's based on mutual "friend" relationships: tiers of people who are all on each others' friendlists. So: the less central and large, the fewer and less incestuous the mutual friendings are.

To quote from the geek-friendly "how does it work" page, Nodules of Doom:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/lj_research/2369.html
The Secret Sauce of LJ MindMap is the detection of mutual friendship relationships. If you and I are friends, and we both are also friends with Joe, that's six friend bits, no mere accident, and what my friend zeet called an 'unconscious psychological organization ( ... )

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