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I'm not sure comparing this to a "real" social network is meaningful. More appropriate might be to compare the Potterverse to another relatively small, socially
by glesica 13y ago
I'm not sure comparing this to a "real" social network is meaningful. More appropriate might be to compare the Potterverse to another relatively small, socially isolated, insular community like a group of Amish. I wonder how the numbers would compare in that case.
- malahay 13y agoThat's a great question! I kinda wanted to see if a fictional network would look somewhat similar to a real social network such as Facebook. But exploring other networks that are more secluded would be so interesting! Gathering the data would be a challenge :)
- glesica 13y agoI don't have my copy with me right now, but Barabasi has some examples of interesting social network data that were collected by sociologists in his book "Linked" [1]. You might be able to get hold of some of those. IIRC there is a prison network that might be a fair comparison. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Linked-The-New-Science-Networks/dp/0738206679 http://www.amazon.com/Linked-The-New-Science-Networks/dp/073...
- dasickis 13y agoOr even a college which the average distance between any two people is 2 - 3 degrees. Additionally, this story is written from the perspective of Harry Potter so weaker ties won't be included as it doesn't advance the story. Source: https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-team/anatomy-of-facebook/10150388519243859 https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-team/anatomy-of... -- "When we limit our analysis to a single country, be it the US, Sweden, Italy, or any other, we find that the world gets even smaller, and most pairs of people are only separated by 3 degrees"