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Visualizing Facebook Friendships

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  • 14-12-2010 1:16pm
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    M5
    Registered Users 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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    422nd
    Registered Users Posts: 855 ✭✭✭422nd


    Probably in the same place as most of africa.


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    AdMMM
    Registered Users 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 :).


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    #4
    Iron Hide
    Registered Users Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭Iron Hide


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


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    Lu Tze
    Registered Users Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    Are they using a different projection on the map too?


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    Rockn
    Registered Users Posts: 363 ✭✭Rockn


    M5 wrote: »

    Where are Russia/China?
    Forever alone.


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    phill106
    Registered Users Posts: 6,819 ✭✭✭phill106


    haha those north pole losers have no friends.

    Forever alone


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


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

    Forever alone

    SNAP!


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    28064212
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    Lu Tze wrote: »
    Are they using a different projection on the map too?
    Looks like the Gall-Peters projection

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    #10
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    facebook was set up for 1 reason...

    dirty-facebook.jpg


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    starlit
    Registered Users Posts: 12,342 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    ^
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    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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    danniemcq
    Registered Users Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    snuggles285 wrote: »
    ^
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    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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