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This was already on HN when it was on RWW a couple of days ago. ;) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=589049 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=589049

• pj 17y ago
  Do you think you could measure something by the frequency of reposts? There must be some function with a component of memory and freshness of content that could tell us something about the course of a news aggregator.
  • ivankirigin 17y ago
    It could just be the lag between syndicating RWW to the NYT.
    • pj 17y ago
      It's like meme travel. How do we measure the velocity of a meme? We'd have to get the position and ..? Can meme's have a location? Would it be some aggregate of its locations in the minds of those conscious of its existence? It definitely tells us something about the relationship between populations of social networks. NYT, RRW, HN and they cross into physical realms as well and those take time to print and move between physical bodies. So this goes back to the disappearance of technology because as time approaches infinity, meme velocity approaches the speed of light due to the increasing transparency of the technology medium, like light in a vacuum is the fastest it can go.
• pg 17y ago
  I left it up even though it's a dupe because it got enough upvotes that a lot of people must not have seen it the first time.