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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Teh Internets Social America

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 4:52 PM

So since its release this morning, I've played around a little bit with Google Buzz. My first interaction was with a spammer who wanted me to maximize my ads. Besides that, so far it's just collected my Twitter feed. Which Facebook already does.

There actually is something I think Google Buzz could do well that it doesn't do yet: Collecting all the strands of all your social networks into one searchable database. Not quite like what Friendfeed does; what I'm suggesting instead is that Google should drop out of the social networking game altogether and instead work as a personal social networking archive. Twitter's search doesn't go backward very well at all, and trying to find anything on Facebook's mail system is a joke (which is one of many huge problems with the idea of Facebook getting into the public e-mail game, as some are theorizing.)

But in lighter social networking news, Pete Warden has analyzed the Seven Facebook Regions of the United States of America. You can see the overall map to the left here (click to enlarge), but you'll want to go and read his blog for more analysis. (I especially like "Mormonia," which is the only region that is completely surrounded by another region.) He calls Seattle's region, Pacifica, "the most boring of the clusters."

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Hey, I'll be putting all my stuff up there, just like I did with Yahoo 360!

All I need is a place for my stuff:

http://lala.com/zCSjI

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on February 9, 2010 at 5:35 PM

I'm going to say mean things about Stranger Staffers on twitter now, brb.

Posted by Baconcat on February 9, 2010 at 6:08 PM

I love maps. It's striking how incestuous the Seattle area is, but I suppose that's how it goes isolated up here in our little corner of the USA.

Posted by Mattini on February 9, 2010 at 6:09 PM

YES, another social media aggregator.

"After years of disappointment with get-rich-quick schemes, I know I'm gonna get rich with this scheme...and quick!"
- Homer

Posted by skye on February 9, 2010 at 6:26 PM

Cultural segregation...in America?...wow, you don't say.

Ow, ow, ow...reality hurts my brain.

Posted by Cathode Ray Christ on February 10, 2010 at 12:59 AM

Seattle more boring than "Mormonia"?!

'Hipster' is meant to be ironic but I guess suggesting Seattleites are 'hip' is too much of a stretch even for snarky ironic sarcasm....

Maybe Dan should come up with a clever nickname for Seattle's self important clueless cultural wannabee's-

any ideas, Slog?

Posted by Seaddled on February 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM