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AIM Meets Social Network Theory

dan moore writes "A student at Caltech has created a website (BuddyZoo.com) that tracks cliques within groups of peoples' buddylists. It also measures buddy popularity and allows you to do a six-degrees type search for other screen names. An interesting approach to social network theory."

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  1. I know what's going on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Of course since he's a Caltech student he has no social life... this is just a lame attempt of harvesting girls' screen names in an attempt to talk to them and possibly get the pussy in the long term.

    Nice try, buddy. Hope everyone else sees the big picture.

  2. There's a website that already does this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    PrettyLisa is a similar website that tracks the same thing that BuddyZoo does. It's been around for a few months now. I don't know too much about it, but I've heard of it.

  3. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...what did you think of the play?

    Shee't man, you can't get out of bed without being critical before your feet hit the floor?

    Make your own site and do it betta' if you're so willing to cripe. This guy owes you zip for your bullets...use it or don't...big deal he doesn't meet your QA Lab of B.S. Web Site Approval.

    At least he doesn't brag about the CD player in his beemer. Your site sucks, BTW. You don't tell us why/how it works, and we see no evidence that your pictures of London can scale beyond your front door. You owe the world an apology, along with a promise to never touch a keyboard again. Do it now.

  4. Re:Buddies by Negatyfus · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well, maybe you'll accomplish something by mentioning that you find their sounds bloody irritating and that you'll anally insert their keyboards if they won't make them go away.

  5. Re:Conspiracy theory ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I don't use AIM much (read: only in specific cases) and prefer ICQ (I know, I know... ICQ is owned by AOL). I only use the AIM Express client anyway so I don't have to install their software.

    Wow...you're so cool!

  6. Re:Buddy collecting by brad-x · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fortunately, using AIM to ask people out "for drinks" is your forte.

    You'd be an interesting case, you should submit your list to this project. Then we could see what fraction of your buddy list consists of female, school-aged children.

    But I digress.

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