{"id":981,"date":"2003-12-07T01:52:53","date_gmt":"2003-12-07T01:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntu.my\/wp30\/archives\/2003\/12\/07\/friendster_whore_statistics.html"},"modified":"2003-12-07T01:52:53","modified_gmt":"2003-12-07T01:52:53","slug":"friendster_whore_statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zephoria.org\/thoughts\/archives\/2003\/12\/07\/friendster_whore_statistics.html","title":{"rendered":"Friendster whore statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/friendsterslut.blogspot.com\/\">Ryan has been running statistics on his network on Friendster.<\/a>  (I&#8217;ve been meaning to do this, but he has far more patience than i.)  &#8220;Friendsterwhore Institute of Statistical Trends (F.I.S.T.)&#8221; 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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People who indicated that they were men: 862,398 (41%)\n<li>People who indicated that they were women: 835,240 (40%) &#8230; which means that 9% weren&#8217;t really sure WHO they were&#8230;\n<li>People who are &#8220;just here to help&#8221;: 327,533 (16%)\n<li>People who are looking for activity partners: 932,953 (45%)\n<li>People who are looking for friends: 1,339,616 (64%)\n<li>People who are looking for a date with a woman: 394,641 (19%)\n<li>People who are looking for a date with a man: 298,385 (14%)\n<li>People who are looking for a serious relationship with a woman: 289,652 (14%)\n<li>People who are looking for a serious relationship with a man: 216,602 (10%)\n<li>People who are single: 1,067,620 (51%)\n<li>People who are in an open marriage: 48,444 (2%)\n<li>People whose name is &#8220;Kevin Bacon&#8221;: 33 (0.002%)\n<li>People whose name is &#8220;George Bush&#8221;: 28 (0.001%)\n<li>People whose name is &#8220;Jesus Christ&#8221;: 147 (0.007%)\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Since Blogspot&#8217;s direct links tend to be spotty, here&#8217;s a reprint of some of FIST&#8217;s entries:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are connected to 2,092,944 people in your Personal Network, through 266 friends.&#8221; Highest ID number in the New People display: Rea (4283881) * 0.93 = 3,984,009 Percentage of total friendsterspace covered by personal network: 53%<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>People who indicated that they were men: 862,398 (41%)<\/p>\n<p>People who indicated that they were women: 835,240 (40%) &#8230; which means that 9% weren&#8217;t really sure WHO they were&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>People who are &#8220;just here to help&#8221;: 327,533 (16%)<\/p>\n<p>People who are looking for activity partners: 932,953 (45%)<\/p>\n<p>People who are looking for friends: 1,339,616 (64%)<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;You are connected to 2,097,997 people in your Personal Network, through 266 friends.&#8221; Highest ID number in the New People display: Celestine (4294446) * 0.93 = 3,993,834 Percentage of total friendsterspace covered by personal network: 53%<\/p>\n<p>A few more fun stats from the Friendsterwhore Institute of Statistical Trends (F.I.S.T.):<\/p>\n<p>People who are looking for a date with a woman: 394,641 (19%)<\/p>\n<p>People who are looking for a date with a man: 298,385 (14%)<\/p>\n<p>People who are looking for a serious relationship with a woman: 289,652 (14%)<\/p>\n<p>People who are looking for a serious relationship with a man: 216,602 (10%)<\/p>\n<p>People who are single: 1,067,620 (51%)<\/p>\n<p>People who are in an open marriage: 48,444 (2%)<\/p>\n<p>People whose name is &#8220;Kevin Bacon&#8221;: 33 (0.002%)<\/p>\n<p>People whose name is &#8220;George Bush&#8221;: 28 (0.001%)<\/p>\n<p>People whose name is &#8220;Jesus Christ&#8221;: 147 (0.007%)<\/p>\n<p>And people whose name is &#8220;Ryan Schultz&#8221;: 14 (0.0007%), hmmm, maybe we should start a very exclusive club \ud83d\ude42 &#8230;.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;You are connected to 2,104,547 people in your Personal Network, through 266 friends.&#8221;<br \/>\nHighest ID number in the New People display: Alvin (4307013) * 0.93 = 4,005,522<br \/>\nPercentage of total friendsterspace covered by personal network: 53%<\/p>\n<p>(* &#8230;and a voice from the back yells: &#8220;MORE STATS!&#8221; *)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who live in the New York City area (within 25 miles of Manhattan): 150,803 (7.1%)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who live in the San Francisco area (within 25 miles of the Castro): 130,341 (6.2%)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who live in the Los Angeles area (within 25 miles of Beverly Hills): 146,626 (7.0%)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and number of people who live in the Winnipeg area: 1,375 (0.065%)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who list &#8220;wine&#8221; as one of their interests: 22,361 (1.1%)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who list &#8220;beer&#8221; as one of their interests: 23,066 (also 1.1%)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who list &#8220;milk&#8221; as one of their interests: 1,818 (0.086%)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who list &#8220;reading&#8221; as one of their interests: 193,545 (9.2%)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who list &#8220;shopping&#8221; as one of their interests: 108,703 (5.2%)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who list &#8220;sleeping&#8221; as one of their interests: 77,421 (3.7%, including Jonathan Abrams)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who say Celine Dion is one of their favourite singers: 3,174 (0.15%)<\/p>\n<p>Number of people who say Barbra Streisand is one of their favourite singers: only 566 (0.027%)!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;You are connected to 2,121,826 people in your Personal Network, through 269 friends.&#8221;<br \/>\nHighest ID number in the New People display: Dan (4337879) * 0.93 =<br \/>\nPercentage of total friendsterspace covered by personal network: Pt%<\/p>\n<p>FINALLY&#8230; two relatively uninterrupted hours of friendster-time while all the West Coast people are sleeping off their Friday night partying \ud83d\ude42 &#8230; 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&#8217;t learn something from it???). Keep in mind that I couldn&#8217;t do some searches: words too short (&#8220;U2&#8221;, &#8220;Mya&#8221;), or words too common (&#8220;Michael Jackson&#8221;, &#8220;James Brown&#8221;), or just plain ambiguity (&#8220;Elvis&#8221; pulls up both &#8220;Elvis Presley&#8221; and &#8220;Elvis Costello&#8221;; &#8220;Pink&#8221; also pulls up &#8220;Pink Floyd&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>Radiohead: 65,131<br \/>\nColdplay: 43,022<br \/>\nThe Beatles: 37,898<br \/>\nBjork: 30,673<br \/>\nLinkin Park: 23,971<br \/>\nThe Pixies: 21,790<br \/>\nThe Smiths: 20,892<br \/>\nJohnny Cash: 19,674<br \/>\nWeezer: 19,672<br \/>\nEminem: 19,235<br \/>\nDavid Bowie: 19,173<br \/>\nMadonna: 19,144<br \/>\nJohn Mayer: 19,000<br \/>\nThe White Stripes: 18,480<br \/>\nThe Rolling Stones: 16,563<br \/>\nBob Marley: 16,015<br \/>\nOutkast: 15,995<br \/>\nBeck: 15,824<br \/>\nBob Dylan: 15,365<br \/>\nNirvana: 15,319<br \/>\nJustin Timberlake: 13,233<br \/>\nFrank Sinatra: 13,019<br \/>\nNorah Jones: 12,928<br \/>\nBelle and Sebastian: 12,715<br \/>\nThe Doors: 11,534<br \/>\nPrince: 11,257<br \/>\nRed Hot Chili Peppers: 11,065<br \/>\nAni diFranco: 10,852<br \/>\nSigur Ros: 10,485<br \/>\nMissy Elliott: 8,669<br \/>\nBritney Spears: 7,470<br \/>\nChristina Aguilera: 7,057<br \/>\nDeath Cab for Cutie: 6,961<br \/>\nJohann Sebastian Bach: 6,378<br \/>\nSting: 6,356<br \/>\nOasis: 6,018<br \/>\nSarah McLachlan: 6,017<br \/>\nPhish: 6,000<br \/>\nLiz Phair: 5,978<br \/>\nLudwig van Beethoven: 5,976<br \/>\nDixie Chicks: 5,865<br \/>\nBlink-182: 5,824<br \/>\nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 5,814<br \/>\nDido: 5,573<br \/>\nJoni Mitchell: 5,564<br \/>\nMoby: 5,189<br \/>\nBeyonce Knowles: 5,008<br \/>\nThe Shins: 4,990<br \/>\nMarvin Gaye: 4,981<br \/>\nAvril Lavigne: 4,958<br \/>\nElton John: 4,560<br \/>\nFleetwood Mac: 4,484<br \/>\nBruce Springsteen: 4,158<br \/>\nThe Grateful Dead: 4,093<br \/>\nFrederic Francois Chopin: 4,032<br \/>\nSimon and Garfunkel: 3,608<br \/>\nKylie Minogue: 3,539<br \/>\nPatsy Cline: 3,344<br \/>\nABBA: 3,267<br \/>\nAaliyah: 3,194<br \/>\nCeline Dion: 3,187<br \/>\nDolly Parton: 2,813<br \/>\nThe Eagles: 2,718<br \/>\nAretha Franklin: 2,645<br \/>\nCher: also 2,645<br \/>\nMary J. Blige: 2,429<br \/>\nSheryl Crow: 2,340<br \/>\nKISS: 2,329<br \/>\nCyndi Lauper: 2,027<br \/>\nShania Twain: 1,895<br \/>\nWhitney Houston: 1,870<br \/>\nThe Carpenters: 1,632<br \/>\nThe Bee Gees: 1,524<br \/>\nThe B-52&#8217;s: 1,167<br \/>\nHilary Duff: 1,112<br \/>\nDusty Springfield: 1,103<br \/>\nBarry Manilow: 888<br \/>\nBarbra Streisand: 660<br \/>\nSixpence None the Richer: 575<br \/>\nEurythmics: 560<br \/>\nThe Bangles: 521<br \/>\nJohn Tesh: 362<br \/>\nLeAnn Rimes: 351<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and finally,<br \/>\nWilliam Shatner: 92<br \/>\nZamfir: 75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan has been running statistics on his network on Friendster. (I&#8217;ve been meaning to do this, but he has far more patience than i.) &#8220;Friendsterwhore Institute of Statistical Trends (F.I.S.T.)&#8221; has run queries on musical taste, interests, sex, and a whole lot more. 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