Comments on: Map of Facebook Friend Connections Lights Up the World http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/12/14/map-of-facebook-friend-connections-lights-up-the-world/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Captain Skellett http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/12/14/map-of-facebook-friend-connections-lights-up-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-60994 Captain Skellett Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:29:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=14919#comment-60994 Pretty. It's cool to see the east coast of Australia and Perth lit up, while the rest is dark. That's uneven population distribution for you. Pretty. It’s cool to see the east coast of Australia and Perth lit up, while the rest is dark. That’s uneven population distribution for you.

]]> By: Brian Smith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/12/14/map-of-facebook-friend-connections-lights-up-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-60703 Brian Smith Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:39:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=14919#comment-60703 Its quite remarkable yet disappointing to see the way facebook has spread today. Sooner or later people are going to realise how unsafe facebook is and facebook is going to crash and its popularity will reduce. People are already disabling their accounts. I have disabled mine and am trying out Diaspora. I will be switching to MyCube once it launches as it promises to be much safer Its quite remarkable yet disappointing to see the way facebook has spread today. Sooner or later people are going to realise how unsafe facebook is and facebook is going to crash and its popularity will reduce. People are already disabling their accounts. I have disabled mine and am trying out Diaspora. I will be switching to MyCube once it launches as it promises to be much safer

]]> By: Matt B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/12/14/map-of-facebook-friend-connections-lights-up-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-60604 Matt B. Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:59:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=14919#comment-60604 That is a very nice-looking map compared to others of the same type that I've seen over the years. I'd love to see it done on a population cartogram. Notice how dark China is despite it's population, whereas the darkness of Siberia is expected based on its lack thereof. That is a very nice-looking map compared to others of the same type that I’ve seen over the years.

I’d love to see it done on a population cartogram. Notice how dark China is despite it’s population, whereas the darkness of Siberia is expected based on its lack thereof.

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