Comments on: Organic growth of a social network http://complexdiagrams.com/2010/01/24/organic-growth-of-a-social-network/ Making the Complex Accessible: Information Visualization and Interaction Design by Noah Iliinsky Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:14:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Noah http://complexdiagrams.com/2010/01/24/organic-growth-of-a-social-network/comment-page-1/#comment-8694 Noah Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:26:56 +0000 http://complexdiagrams.com/?p=171#comment-8694 @ David: Fascinating stuff, thanks for posting. There are a ton of interesting opportunities for network visualization, depending on what the focus is. @ David: Fascinating stuff, thanks for posting. There are a ton of interesting opportunities for network visualization, depending on what the focus is.

]]> By: David http://complexdiagrams.com/2010/01/24/organic-growth-of-a-social-network/comment-page-1/#comment-8693 David Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:51:17 +0000 http://complexdiagrams.com/?p=171#comment-8693 Here's a similar idea on a larger scale, showing HIV infection and sexual network dynamics in a simulated population based on real data: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3LYA5kirjA Here’s a similar idea on a larger scale, showing HIV infection and sexual network dynamics in a simulated population based on real data:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3LYA5kirjA

]]> By: Noah http://complexdiagrams.com/2010/01/24/organic-growth-of-a-social-network/comment-page-1/#comment-8692 Noah Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:24:40 +0000 http://complexdiagrams.com/?p=171#comment-8692 Ooh, good thinking. Right now the colors are chronological, broadening and becoming less saturated as they're replaced by the newer connections. It would be cool to encode by individual and time, for example. Interesting... Ooh, good thinking. Right now the colors are chronological, broadening and becoming less saturated as they’re replaced by the newer connections. It would be cool to encode by individual and time, for example. Interesting…

]]> By: Melissa Casburn http://complexdiagrams.com/2010/01/24/organic-growth-of-a-social-network/comment-page-1/#comment-8691 Melissa Casburn Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:57:07 +0000 http://complexdiagrams.com/?p=171#comment-8691 Not sure how you assigned color in this version (based on chronology?), but I was thinking it could be interesting to assign color based on which person facilitated the new connection. In that way, you can see who acts as a stronger social hub by identifying color with the highest density. Not sure how you assigned color in this version (based on chronology?), but I was thinking it could be interesting to assign color based on which person facilitated the new connection. In that way, you can see who acts as a stronger social hub by identifying color with the highest density.

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