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aicrules writes "The internet has long been a safe haven, and thus a play-field-leveling force, for the less socially adept to create a network of friends to share in fun, games, and conversation. However, it appears as if the influence of the social ladder is creeping its way in. While it will certainly lend itself to the abuse that any online scoring system faces, AimFight is the new place where people can go to check their popularity against others." From the article: "Your popularity is based on who has you on their buddy list. There's a complicated algorithm at work here. Your score is measured to the third degree, in the sense of the 'six degrees of separation' game that seeks to link anybody on Earth to any other person through no more than five friends. Say a couple of your friends, A and B, have you on their buddy lists. A, who has three people on her buddy list, doesn't add much to your score. That's because she doesn't have as many people on her buddy list as does B, who has 16. Your friend A is clearly not as well-connected as your friend B. Not unlike life."
Just plug in the screen names.
Failed to mention, is a special disclaimer/logo shown when you're ranked within the top 5% - it will display where you rank, in addition to your fight score. :)
As in many things in life its quality not quantity that counts. Having 100 blithering idiots on your friends list, who also have a 100 blithering idiots on theirs doesn't score in my book. In fact its a net negative versus having 10 people who have a clue and have something to say, because the 100 idiots can bug you all day every day and are just wasting your tim.
@de_machina
It's only for AIM, doesn't take into consideration MSN messanger, Yahoo, ICQ, RendezVous, Jabber or any other protocols. I'm sure i'd fare better than 1780 on MSN.
A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before.
If you look at the bottom of the page, it is owned by American Online. I'm pretty sure they have full access to the AIM database =) This "news" post seems very much like an advertisement to me.
Sounds a lot like www.buddyzoo.com, which has been around a Real Long Time now.
Yes, it's true. This man has no dick.
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Yeah you're a little out of touch. I'm a senior in college and everyone I know uses AIM, and has since freshman year. This includes both nerds and 'popular' people.
In fact the 'popular' people generally have way more contacts and seem to get im'd nonstop all day.
You can also use your icq# to get a popularity rating based on that.
Shadus
>as breast size increases, popularity also does.
A guy was told to marry by his 30th birthday, or be cut out of the immense family fortune. He narrowed it down to three women.
The first was a blond nurse who swore to take care of all his needs every night. The second was a brunette actress who said she'd play any role he wanted. The third was a redheaded aerobics instructor who said she'd sign a prenup and wear a dog collar.
Q: Which one did he marry?
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A: The one with the biggest breasts, of course!