TrustFlow results for pegkerr

[pegkerr]

Gacked from kijjohnson:

I tried out TrustFlow II for LiveJournal. The following people not on the friends list for pegkerr are close by: (Numbers represent distance; people listed earlier are closer than people listed later.)

• literaticat (1200 - 1250)
• irinaauthor, owlman (1250 - 1300)
• supergee, naominovik, arcaedia (1350 - 1400)

• tightropegirl, brisingamen (1400 - 1450)
• mplscorwin (1450 - 1500)
• hermorrine, kateelliott (1500 - 1550)
• wldthistle, stargazerspike (1550 - 1600)
• sillynijwilli84, jiggery_pokery, kalmn, seviet (1600 - 1650)
• wordplay, viola_dreamwalk (1650 - 1700)
• james_nicoll, jbknowles, mctabby (1700 - 1750)
• zorb, autopope, badger2305 (1750 - 1800)
• alierajean, andpuff, theoblack, rozk (1800 - 1850)
• heart_of_wine, eibbil_libbie, nineweaving, black_dog (1850 - 1900)
• mgs, buttonlass, sarazarr, tammy212, d_michiko_f, tanyaleestone, astolat (1900 - 1950)
• oursin, chirosinger, chinawolf, copperbadge, earthquake1906, crowleycrow (1950 - 2000)
• professornana, yhlee, ursulav, galacticvoyeur, traciezimmer, yuki_onna (2000 - 2050)
• davidlubar, lasultrix, klages, davidwilford, here_be_dragons, ashkitty, smilie117, chickadilly, taradiane (2050 - 2100)
• prncspnut, marthawells, bhanesidhe, athenais, annamilton, cari_rose, spiritrover, eleanor (2100 - 2150)
• susanwrites, dezzikitty, hanacandi, aegeus, agentobscura (2150 - 2200)
• juliadurango, wednesdayschild, ccfinlay, benjj (2200 - 2250)
• editrx, e_lockhart, cleolinda (2250 - 2300)
• pecunium, beamjockey, pingviini, justinelavaworm, musesfool, claireeddy, socialista, annafdd (2300 - 2350)
• zorac, ckd, history_spork, davidlevine (2350 - 2400)
• tobymalfoy, protean, chasophonic, iharthdarth, pbray, deannahoak, glockgal (2400 - 2450)

Created by ciphergoth; hosted by LShift.

TrustFlow II: Who is closest to your friends list?

Comments

[sdn.livejournal.com]

this is weird. do they mean physical distance?

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

No, I think they mean "closer" in terms of tighter ties in the web of LJ relationships. The ones "closer" to me have more of my friends who have friended to that person.

[ckd]

It's also proportional to the number of friends at each level. If you have friended someone with 10 friends and someone else with 100, the latter's friends will only count as being 1/10th as "close" to you in this algorithm.

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

irinaauthor is one of my favourite LJ people! I think you'd love her :)

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

That helps a lot. I wasn't clear as to how they defined things. But that level of proportionality helps.

Does cross-linking additive/subtractive, or multiplicitave/divisive?

TK

[ckd]

Additive, because it's a bucket-filling algorithm.

The explanation is roughly this:

Assume everyone has a 1L bucket. Start pouring liters of water into your bucket. When it fills, the overflow is evenly divided among your friends' buckets. When those fill, it starts pouring into their friends' (your friendsfriends') buckets, and so on. The "distance" is a measure of when a particular bucket fills up (how many liters were poured into the system at that point).

Simplistic example:
I have two friends, A and B. A has two friends, C and D. B has 5 friends, C, E, F, G, and H.

One liter: my bucket fills.
Three liters: A and B fill their buckets.
Five liters: A and B each have a 1L overflow. C and D get 1/2 L each from A; C and E-H get 1/5 L each from B. C now has 0.7L.
Six liters: A and B get a half liter each; C and D get 1/4 L from A, C and E-H get 1/10 L from B. C reaches 1.05L and fills up (and the overflow "backs up").

This image (not mine) may help as well.