Power Laws, Weblogs, and Your Given Name

gummint writes "After contemplating the blogsphere and pondering whether "diversity plus freedom of choice creates inequality", consider an old-media domain name: the one your parents gave you. How did they choose it? How many other persons have the same one? Get some facts, or a lot of facts. Or just comment anyway. The good news is that the extent of inequality can change massively over time: the popularity of the most popular given names has decreased dramatically since the Industrial Revolution."

Comments

weird

[Boromir son of Faram]

There was a time when people took pride in their last names. If you hate who you are enough to change your name, how can you expect other people to like you?

I know my own heritage is crucial in my self identity, and I would never give it up, not for all the wealth in the land.

Re:Names

[diablobynight]

your names is Scott, I imagine their are shitloads of people with the same name as you.