7 ms·
I'm really suprised by Indonesia's bulging size relative to its landmass. It's far larger than other tourist resorts like Thailand. Any ideas?
by bruceboughton 14y ago
I'm really suprised by Indonesia's bulging size relative to its landmass. It's far larger than other tourist resorts like Thailand.
Any ideas?
- ajhai 14y agoCould the tsunami warning be the reason for it? http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/afp/small-tsunami-hits-solomon-islands-after-major-quake-indonesia-on-alert/569896 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/afp/small-tsunami-hits-solomo...
- Kiro 14y agoAre you saying tweets from Asia must be from tourists?
- bruceboughton 14y agoDon't be so ridiculous. Indonesia is massively distorted, even compared to Japan/Singapore. There is clearly an anomoly in this data, either due to a specific event or a data error. I say this as someone who has just been to Indonesia (Bali) and not see any evidence of Twitter.
- robhawkes 14y agoIf it's a data error, it's on Twitter's part. We trust the geolocation of their data. However, Indonesia is always bulging. It wouldn't need many global tweets to be large in relation to it's area.
- oriste 14y agoAs I said in a previous comment, I've observed this seemingly-out-of-proportion presence of Indonesia on twitter before, since quite a long time. This map confirms those observations. Russia however... ;-)
- gavinballard 14y agoIndonesia does have the fourth largest population of any nation in the world... could that explain it?
- guelo 14y agoI wonder what public evidence of Twitter looks like besides people playing with their phones.
- yesbabyyes 14y agoAccording to HN user pax, in the Tweetping thread: Indonesia has 4th biggest population in the world. Also, 6th most active country on Twitter (2010). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5137438 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5137438
- bruceboughton 14y agoThanks, I did not realise this.