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December 7, 2003Friendster whore statisticsRyan has been running statistics on his network on Friendster. (I've been meaning to do this, but he has far more patience than i.) "Friendsterwhore Institute of Statistical Trends (F.I.S.T.)" has run queries on musical taste, interests, sex, and a whole lot more. Based on 2,097,997 users, some of the simplest but still fascinating are:
Since Blogspot's direct links tend to be spotty, here's a reprint of some of FIST's entries: "You are connected to 2,092,944 people in your Personal Network, through 266 friends." Highest ID number in the New People display: Rea (4283881) * 0.93 = 3,984,009 Percentage of total friendsterspace covered by personal network: 53% In all cases, the first number is the result when doing a search on my gallery; it is followed in parentheses by the estimated percentage of Friendsterspace that matches that result. People who indicated that they were men: 862,398 (41%) People who indicated that they were women: 835,240 (40%) ... which means that 9% weren't really sure WHO they were... People who are "just here to help": 327,533 (16%) People who are looking for activity partners: 932,953 (45%) People who are looking for friends: 1,339,616 (64%) "You are connected to 2,097,997 people in your Personal Network, through 266 friends." Highest ID number in the New People display: Celestine (4294446) * 0.93 = 3,993,834 Percentage of total friendsterspace covered by personal network: 53% A few more fun stats from the Friendsterwhore Institute of Statistical Trends (F.I.S.T.): People who are looking for a date with a woman: 394,641 (19%) People who are looking for a date with a man: 298,385 (14%) People who are looking for a serious relationship with a woman: 289,652 (14%) People who are looking for a serious relationship with a man: 216,602 (10%) People who are single: 1,067,620 (51%) People who are in an open marriage: 48,444 (2%) People whose name is "Kevin Bacon": 33 (0.002%) People whose name is "George Bush": 28 (0.001%) People whose name is "Jesus Christ": 147 (0.007%) And people whose name is "Ryan Schultz": 14 (0.0007%), hmmm, maybe we should start a very exclusive club :-) .... "You are connected to 2,104,547 people in your Personal Network, through 266 friends." (* ...and a voice from the back yells: "MORE STATS!" *) Number of people who live in the New York City area (within 25 miles of Manhattan): 150,803 (7.1%) Number of people who live in the San Francisco area (within 25 miles of the Castro): 130,341 (6.2%) Number of people who live in the Los Angeles area (within 25 miles of Beverly Hills): 146,626 (7.0%) ...and number of people who live in the Winnipeg area: 1,375 (0.065%) Number of people who list "wine" as one of their interests: 22,361 (1.1%) Number of people who list "beer" as one of their interests: 23,066 (also 1.1%) Number of people who list "milk" as one of their interests: 1,818 (0.086%) Number of people who list "reading" as one of their interests: 193,545 (9.2%) Number of people who list "shopping" as one of their interests: 108,703 (5.2%) Number of people who list "sleeping" as one of their interests: 77,421 (3.7%, including Jonathan Abrams) Number of people who say Celine Dion is one of their favourite singers: 3,174 (0.15%) Number of people who say Barbra Streisand is one of their favourite singers: only 566 (0.027%)! "You are connected to 2,121,826 people in your Personal Network, through 269 friends." Highest ID number in the New People display: Dan (4337879) * 0.93 = Percentage of total friendsterspace covered by personal network: Pt% FINALLY... two relatively uninterrupted hours of friendster-time while all the West Coast people are sleeping off their Friday night partying :-) ... here are some stats from the Friendsterwhore Institute of Statistical Trends (F.I.S.T.) on the favourite music of Friendsters (hey, what good is a network of 2.1 million friendsters if you can't learn something from it???). Keep in mind that I couldn't do some searches: words too short ("U2", "Mya"), or words too common ("Michael Jackson", "James Brown"), or just plain ambiguity ("Elvis" pulls up both "Elvis Presley" and "Elvis Costello"; "Pink" also pulls up "Pink Floyd"). Radiohead: 65,131 ...and finally, Category: Posted by zephoria at December 7, 2003 1:52 AM
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> which means that 9% weren't really sure WHO they were...
don't you mean 19%?
Posted by Kip | December 10, 2003 9:05 PM
Posted on December 10, 2003 21:05