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Mapping the Blogosphere

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the down-the-road-from-myspace dept.

dominique_cimafranca writes "Discover Magazine has an interesting article on mapping the blogosphere, reporting on the work of Matthew Hurst. Hurst put together a 3D map of the blogosphere, with bright spots represent sites with the highest number of links and isolated islands represent closed communities like LiveJournal. The study also identifies other islands like sociopolitical commentary, gadget hounds, sports fans, and, um, porn blogs."

4 of 76 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Spherical projection by T-Bone-T · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It started out 3D, why not keep it 3D? I do understand your sentiment. The experience was somewhat...lacking.

  2. Re:Blogosphere Not A Buzzword by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    When the ENTIRE WORLD uses a term for something except for a small segment of the population that doesn't even participate in the phenomenon the term describes and just sits around and makes snide comments about everyone else, who are the self-important pseudo-intellectuals?

  3. Re:Blogosphere Not A Buzzword by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    While you're worrying about your MySpace profile, nerds will be busy inventing the Next Big Thing for you and your friends to fawn over. The "blogosphere" will last as long as it holds your attention..which is about 3 years, tops.

  4. Re:Spherical projection by charlieo88 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You didn't read the article, did you?

    First, the map had no geographical component. Yep, could have been projected on a cube or a pyramid, wouldn't have made a difference. The sphere thing was just a gimmick. Now if he could only have projected it on something FLAT.