http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/04/30/friends-power-social-software-everything/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:28:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/04/30/friends-power-social-software-everything/comment-page-1/#comment-156505 Sean McClowry Thu, 01 May 2008 10:11:00 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=891#comment-156505 Rob – fantastic post! I’ve been thinking a bit about how <a href="http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/02/07/is-trusted-places-a-better-model-for-enterprise-20/" rel="nofollow">data-driven social networks work better at a certain size</a> this but certainly you have some better ideas than me – very elegantly put! In terms of supporting numbers, I wonder if the application of graph theory could help … For the <a href="http://www.openmethodology.org/" rel="nofollow">www.openmethodology.org</a> project we've done a bit of testing on these theories but in the context of systems as opposed to people in <a href="../../index.php/Small_Worlds_Data_Transformation_Measure" rel="nofollow">Small Worlds Data Transformation Measures</a> There may be some good support on the mathematical side from the <a href="how-web-20-and-small-worlds-theory-may-shape-data-modelling/%20small%20world's%20theory" rel="nofollow">analysis of small world’s theory</a> where there has been a reasonable of academic research. Rob – fantastic post! I’ve been thinking a bit about how data-driven social networks work better at a certain size this but certainly you have some better ideas than me – very elegantly put!
In terms of supporting numbers, I wonder if the application of graph theory could help …
For the http://www.openmethodology.org project we’ve done a bit of testing on these theories but in the context of systems as opposed to people in Small Worlds Data Transformation Measures
There may be some good support on the mathematical side from the analysis of small world’s theory where there has been a reasonable of academic research.

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