xkcd's updated somewhat-but-not-strictly-scientific map of social communities, where the size of website "territories" is determined by the size of their userbase & activity, is out: http://xkcd.com/802/
a) it's hilarious b) look at how tiny wikimedia talk pages are!
cf 2007 where we were a whole archipelago: http://xkcd.com/256/. However, the 2nd map is based on "activity" rather than simply number of users. Also note this is relative size compared to other websites.
Ethan Bloch did an update also that has Wikipedia as being substantially larger, which uses "estimated number of users": http://www.flowtown.com/blog/the-2010-social-networking-map
-- phoebe
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:43 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
xkcd's updated somewhat-but-not-strictly-scientific map of social communities, where the size of website "territories" is determined by the size of their userbase & activity, is out: http://xkcd.com/802/
a) it's hilarious b) look at how tiny wikimedia talk pages are!
cf 2007 where we were a whole archipelago: http://xkcd.com/256/. However, the 2nd map is based on "activity" rather than simply number of users. Also note this is relative size compared to other websites.
Ethan Bloch did an update also that has Wikipedia as being substantially larger, which uses "estimated number of users": http://www.flowtown.com/blog/the-2010-social-networking-map
-- phoebe
Pretty neat; maybe porn isn't on the map because there is a continent devoted to it somewhere else. Not surprised that Wikimedia is small - as a "social network" we're pretty tiny, if you don't include readers.
social communities
I think most would argue that porn is inherently anti-social. I don't see a lot of social communities made up of just one person (probably half of IRC).
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:55, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
Pretty neat; maybe porn isn't on the map because there is a continent devoted to it somewhere else. Not surprised that Wikimedia is small - as a "social network" we're pretty tiny, if you don't include readers.
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Amory Meltzer amorymeltzer@gmail.com wrote:
social communities
I think most would argue that porn is inherently anti-social. I don't see a lot of social communities made up of just one person (probably half of IRC).
That's a good point, but it does include YouTube, and much of the porn "universe" these days revolves around file-sharing and adult versions of YouTube.[1] It also includes the New York Times and other sites where user-participation is still more of an afterthought, and calling them "communities" is sort of a stretch.
[1] http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hHa_9L1Rwp6lLcVg8mJzB-PBr... (Agence France Press)
At the NYT and similar sites, I notice a pattern where the are are a few readers who rather frequently comment on more than a single article, and consequently get to know each other, though not necessarily in a favorable sense. .
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Amory Meltzer amorymeltzer@gmail.com wrote:
social communities
I think most would argue that porn is inherently anti-social. I don't see a lot of social communities made up of just one person (probably half of IRC).
That's a good point, but it does include YouTube, and much of the porn "universe" these days revolves around file-sharing and adult versions of YouTube.[1] It also includes the New York Times and other sites where user-participation is still more of an afterthought, and calling them "communities" is sort of a stretch.
[1] http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hHa_9L1Rwp6lLcVg8mJzB-PBr... (Agence France Press)
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phoebe ayers, 06/10/2010 17:43:
b) look at how tiny wikimedia talk pages are!
Did he consider Project namespace (RfD, RfA...) and so on, or only namespace 1? In the Troll bay there's also xkcd which is almost as big as Wikipedia talk: a bit suspicious. Anyway, you're not considering that the map area is only a small bay near "email" nation, and we have a consistent part of that one. :-p
Nemo
On 10/6/10 5:43 PM, phoebe ayers wrote:
xkcd's updated somewhat-but-not-strictly-scientific map of social communities, where the size of website "territories" is determined by the size of their userbase& activity, is out: http://xkcd.com/802/
a) it's hilarious b) look at how tiny wikimedia talk pages are!
Ok, maybe that's just me.... but I could not find us ! Where are we ? (north west ? south east ? )
cf 2007 where we were a whole archipelago: http://xkcd.com/256/. However, the 2nd map is based on "activity" rather than simply number of users. Also note this is relative size compared to other websites.
Ethan Bloch did an update also that has Wikipedia as being substantially larger, which uses "estimated number of users": http://www.flowtown.com/blog/the-2010-social-networking-map
I can not help feel proud by the size of the "social networking" activity of the French wikipedia. We talk a lot :)
ant
-- phoebe
On 7 October 2010 00:44, Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Ok, maybe that's just me.... but I could not find us ! Where are we ? (north west ? south east ? )
Between Troll Bay and Sea of Memes.
Heh, that felt silly to say.
On 10/7/10 12:52 AM, Svip wrote:
On 7 October 2010 00:44, Florence DevouardAnthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Ok, maybe that's just me.... but I could not find us ! Where are we ? (north west ? south east ? )
Between Troll Bay and Sea of Memes.
Heh, that felt silly to say.
ouarf. Well, yeah, that's good news.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not
He got it right !
Actually, my favorite is this one: Godwin's law: http://xkcd.com/261/
Ziko
2010/10/7 Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com:
On 10/7/10 12:52 AM, Svip wrote:
On 7 October 2010 00:44, Florence DevouardAnthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Ok, maybe that's just me.... but I could not find us ! Where are we ? (north west ? south east ? )
Between Troll Bay and Sea of Memes.
Heh, that felt silly to say.
ouarf. Well, yeah, that's good news.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not
He got it right !
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