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Visualizing Facebook Friendships

  • 14-12-2010 12:16pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,161 ✭✭✭✭


    163413_479288597199_9445547199_5658562_14158417_n.jpg

    Pretty cool stuff
    A Facebook intern by the name of Paul Butler has put together the above image by feeding in location data for pairs of friends, with the white lights representing cities, towns, and hamlets, and the blue streaks between them identifying relationships linking them.

    Where are Russia/China?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 855 ✭✭✭422nd


    Probably in the same place as most of africa.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭AdMMM


    Facebook isn't that popular in Russia because they have Vkontakte which is probably the best Facebook clone out there and stops short of actively promoting piracy :).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭Iron Hide


    And facebook has yet to bash through The Great Firewall Of China i'd say.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,498 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    Are they using a different projection on the map too?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭Rockn


    M5 wrote: »

    Where are Russia/China?
    Forever alone.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,826 ✭✭✭phill106


    haha those north pole losers have no friends.

    Forever alone


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,161 ✭✭✭✭M5


    Rockn wrote: »
    Forever alone.
    phill106 wrote: »
    haha those north pole losers have no friends.

    Forever alone

    SNAP!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    Lu Tze wrote: »
    Are they using a different projection on the map too?
    Looks like the Gall-Peters projection

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    facebook was set up for 1 reason...

    dirty-facebook.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    ^
    |
    Not True!

    Facebook was created for friendship and to reconnect with friends ya and to keep in touch with friends like! Go to tagged or one of those online dating websites for that if that's what you think steveo!

    The meaning of visualizing facebook friendships....

    connection.jpg


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    ^
    |
    Not True!

    Facebook was created for friendship and to reconnect with friends ya and to keep in touch with friends like! Go to tagged or one of those online dating websites for that if that's what you think steveo!

    The meaning of visualizing facebook friendships....

    connection.jpg

    thats a crap jigsaw


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