http://dinamehta.com/blog/2010/02/03/bytes-for-feb-3/ Creative Chaos - Dina Mehta's Weblog Wed, 02 May 2012 05:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dinamehta.com/blog/2010/02/03/bytes-for-feb-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3011 Natalie Hanson Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:22:18 +0000 http://dinamehta.com/blog/2010/02/03/bytes-for-feb-3/#comment-3011 Hi Dina - I have been interested in social network theory myself. You might enjoy the book Connected, which was released late last year. In reading it I learned (consistent with your post and the article you reference) that centrality is more important in many cases than connectedness. I wrote a summary of major themes on my blog, which you can read here if you like - http://nataliehanson.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/connected-major-concepts/. Enjoy! Hi Dina – I have been interested in social network theory myself. You might enjoy the book Connected, which was released late last year. In reading it I learned (consistent with your post and the article you reference) that centrality is more important in many cases than connectedness. I wrote a summary of major themes on my blog, which you can read here if you like – http://nataliehanson.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/connected-major-concepts/. Enjoy!

]]> http://dinamehta.com/blog/2010/02/03/bytes-for-feb-3/comment-page-1/#comment-2898 niti bhan Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:55:21 +0000 http://dinamehta.com/blog/2010/02/03/bytes-for-feb-3/#comment-2898 one example is where someone may have only 20 followers or subscribers but each of those, in turn, have thousands of readers, thus at first glance maybe overlooked as the numbers seem too low. as to finding them, i recall reading somewhere that twitter found it was the ratio of follower/following that was more or less stable (1:4 I believe) regardless of absolute numbers than 1:1 with thousands. dunno where I read that, sorry! one example is where someone may have only 20 followers or subscribers but each of those, in turn, have thousands of readers, thus at first glance maybe overlooked as the numbers seem too low. as to finding them, i recall reading somewhere that twitter found it was the ratio of follower/following that was more or less stable (1:4 I believe) regardless of absolute numbers than 1:1 with thousands. dunno where I read that, sorry!

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