Fascinating Facebook connection map

[Omaroo]

This is quite fascinating. By rendering the individual connections between Facebook friends, a world map takes shape. Country lines and borders are easily discernible, showing just how many users there are out there to give the picture its resolution. Like it or hate it, FB is providing some pretty incredible data that will be mined for all sorts of reasons. I just wonder what those reasons will be...

http://www.news.com.au/technology/facebook-friend-map-shows-which-countries-share-the-most-connections/story-e6frfro0-1225971546500

[ballaratdragons]

Hmmmm . . . interesting to notice Russia and China are almost blank!

USA, Europe and India are almost full!

[Omaroo]

You're right Ken - there are a few out of Moscow and Beijing, but hardly any in comparison to the other powers. You can just see the city lit in each case.

India is surprising - I wouldn't have though that it had the connectivity outside the major centres. 'Mazing!

[ballaratdragons]

Or the vastly widespread personal wealth to afford a computer outside the major centres.
I have always imagined India to be a very poor nation. :shrug:

Unless they all use this: http://www.myce.com/news/india-unveils-35-solar-powered-tablet-pc-32294/

Reuters quotes Sibalas pricing the machine at $35, but that could even go lower — the Indian team will attempt to bring the cost down to $20, and even $10 per machine:
:eyepop:

“We have reached a (developmental) stage that today, the motherboard, its chip, the processing, connectivity, all of them cumulatively cost around $35, including memory, display, everything.”

[Omaroo]

Very cool :) Certainly affordable to more people!

In reference to China, it's their fondness for their own firewall that is distorting the actual facts on the number of users there.

[Tandum]

So I have to move to burma to avoid the thing?

[ballaratdragons]

:rofl:

[Omaroo]

Hmmm.... Predictable maybe, but someone had to say it. ;)

Besides... North Korea would surely be a better bet. :)

[Tandum]

Been there, didn't like it much :( It snows and there's no heating :(

[PCH]

I wonder why there's not much going on in Spain either.

They don't have the Chinese firewall issues and they do claim to be relatively civilised in places :P

Any thoughts anyone?

[multiweb]

Maybe they have a life and don't spend 24/7 on face**** :question: ;)

[En1gma]

This ^

And also that china has their own version of facebook which has millions of users. "happy network" roughly translated.

Rob