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Detecting Patterns in Complex Social Networks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sinister-keiretsu-detected dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "So-called social networking is very popular these days, as show the proliferation of services like Friendster, Orkut and dozens of others. But do the companies behind these services have any idea of what is hidden inside their complicated networks? When these networks reach a size of millions of users, it's not an easy task. A researcher at the University of Michigan is trying to help, with a new method for uncovering patterns in complicated networks, from football conferences to food webs. This overview contains more details and references about this non-traditional method. It also includes a spectacular representation of the Internet and another image showing a food web at Little Rock Lake."

11 of 167 comments (clear)

  1. Stench Based On Leaked Anal Vapor Released by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    phew!

    More on this later.

  2. Found one already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I detected the pattern of rampant faggotry on Slashdot years ago.

  3. Poop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Flingy Poopy

    1. Re:Poop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I made poopie.

    2. Re:Poop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Dman, is that you?

  4. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can die happily now.

  5. Here's the food web in my town by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Jack and Helen Whitehall eat Thomas and Marianne Huebner.

    Frank and Janice Morton eat Jack and Helen Whitehall.

    Richard Edwards and his domestic partner Michael Flintlock eat Frank and Janice Morton.

    The Francisco Family (Mario, Ellen, Tracy, and the twins Daniel and Donald) eat Richard Edwards and his domestic partner Michael Flintlock.

    I (Anonymous Coward) eat the Francisco Family, with the exception of Ellen and Donald.

  6. Pattern pointing to /. by JohnDoe.Slashed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine what happens if a slashdoting pattern is revealed.

  7. Yuo F4i7 It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    user5 of N3tBSD sux0r status, *BSD

  8. orkut: pricacy, data protection, terms of service by tronicum · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Orkut is very insecure.
    I heard of account deletion because of faked/spoofed "delete my account" mails.

    Remember to check their Terms :
    By submitting, posting or displaying any Materials on or through the orkut.com service, you automatically grant to us a worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicenseable, transferable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right to copy, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform and display such Materials.

    They invented their own licencse. What do you think if Micro$oft buyes Google ?
    And its based on .aspx files....

    I dont want to know how they care about data privacy

  9. Re:BUTTER CHICKEN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The GNAA thanks you for your participation! Squirt on, my brother!