The Social Graph and the value of Like. As we move further into a social media world where unlike anytime in the past friends can have a much larger and far ranging impact than before.
This isn’t your father’s type of friendship as many of the people we call friends in this social media world are people we most likely haven’t met nor in a lot of case will ever meet in the traditional face-to-face manner. Yet they are becoming an increasingly important influence in our lives. This effect is especially apparent when it comes to what is referred to as your personal and public social graph. Brad Fitzpatrick in an excellent post outlines what is meant by the term social graph thusly – “the global mapping of everybody and how they’re related” and while Wikipedia doesn’t have a specific Social Graph page they do combine it with social networks in which they state.
History of "social graph" Social Networks, from the 80s to the 00s. Written by Brian McConnell As Facebook enjoys its moment in the sun, we should take a moment to step back and look at the history of computers and social communication.
Some historical perspective is in order, both to assess the real value of social networks as businesses, and to anticipate how they are likely to evolve in the future. digg. A visual exploration on mapping complex networks.