Tag Archives: Social Networking

Invalid Comparison Algorithm Produces Bad Suggestions

StumbleUpon “Suggested People” or “People You Might Know” is not really useful because it is not normalized (in the mathematical sense). As it works now, you get suggestions about people who have something in common with you — because they have stumbled a lot and have lots of favorites. By the laws of chance someone with a vast number of favorites will share a lot of them with you. What you should see instead are people who have a lot of favorites that you have, relative to the total number they have. A comparison algorithm should try to predict the probability of the two people having similar page-favorite profiles, i.e. the probability they are actually alike and will like the same pages. Continue reading

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Old Social Technology

I have often said that our current level of social technology is like that of medicine before the mechanisms of disease and the need for sterility were understood.   We now have medical terms like microorganisms and sterile field which … Continue reading

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Concerns about other Social Networking Software, e.g. part of TikiWiki

Having experienced the severe problem caused by some version of Elgg, (see previous post) I am now worried about other social networking software.  I am especially worried about TikiWiki, which does include among its amazing list of feature a social … Continue reading

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AddCanC and FilterCandC

In the absence of really good social tools, we have access to a growing number of tools which are aimed at social networking. These tools are all for adding contacts and content. Let me coin a neologism here: AddCandC, as … Continue reading

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Signal to Noise Ratio in Social Networking

Briefer posts. This WordPress blog is social technology, but like so many of our current tools is not very effective and probably harmful. I have spent much of the day adding and configuring plugins to make it more effective, but … Continue reading

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