Comments on: Twitter Visualized http://scotttemplar.com/2009/01/28/twitter-visualized/ >> scott templar dot com Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: toxi http://scotttemplar.com/2009/01/28/twitter-visualized/#comment-641 toxi Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:24:11 +0000 http://scotttemplar.com/2009/01/28/twitter-visualized/#comment-641 Hi Scott, it's interesting to run this applet on a twitter profile page, but I'm afraid to say that this doesn't say anything at all about one's social network, since what's visualized is merely the structure of the HTML of this page. And because of this there's absolutely NO visual difference between anyone who has more than 36 followers, since the twitter sidebar only shows that many followers... So for example twitter.com/stephenfry (395415 followers) and e.g. my own twitter.com/toxi (817 followers) are structurally the same, even if different layouts. The visual cluster actually referring to your network is the small one with the grey blue and purple nodes in the image above. Compare this with a few other users and you'll see the futility of this approach. Big Sorry! Hi Scott, it’s interesting to run this applet on a twitter profile page, but I’m afraid to say that this doesn’t say anything at all about one’s social network, since what’s visualized is merely the structure of the HTML of this page.

And because of this there’s absolutely NO visual difference between anyone who has more than 36 followers, since the twitter sidebar only shows that many followers… So for example twitter.com/stephenfry (395415 followers) and e.g. my own twitter.com/toxi (817 followers) are structurally the same, even if different layouts. The visual cluster actually referring to your network is the small one with the grey blue and purple nodes in the image above. Compare this with a few other users and you’ll see the futility of this approach. Big Sorry!

]]> By: Jen Harris http://scotttemplar.com/2009/01/28/twitter-visualized/#comment-312 Jen Harris Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:59:54 +0000 http://scotttemplar.com/2009/01/28/twitter-visualized/#comment-312 Ironically, it looks like fireworks. Isn't that what we are experiencing now with all of the technology & sharing of great minds? Fireworks. Thanks! -jen Ironically, it looks like fireworks.
Isn’t that what we are experiencing now with all of the technology & sharing of great minds? Fireworks.
Thanks!
-jen

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