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That's pretty, but it doesn't look viral. One expects to see one point going to somewhere between 1 and a large number which spreads to somewhere between 1 and
by mmaunder 14y ago
That's pretty, but it doesn't look viral. One expects to see one point going to somewhere between 1 and a large number which spreads to somewhere between 1 and a large number and so on. It should look more chaotic and more like a fractal I'd think. This looks like one fan spread it to a huge number. So I'm guessing there is missing data e.g. the first fan getting too much credit.
- chrisrhoden 14y agoIt's because everyone is sharing the same link instead of sharing their own. The link on this HN page is the original sharer's URL
- mmaunder 14y agoExactly, and it's a real bummer because true virality would have looked much more interesting.
- eevilspock 14y agoHow is HN being a sharing node not "true virality"? I think you don't quite understand "viral".
- sirclueless 14y agoThe point was to see the web of virality, but if everyone uses the same url instead of generating one via the "Share" link on the page itself that falls apart. If you copy-paste the url from HN to facebook, for example, then the HN sharer seems to have originated all of the Facebook inbounds.
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