Try my new trust metric!

[ciphergoth]

I have implemented my new trust metric, and applied it (fairly crudely) to LiveJournal friends lists as an experiment. The result is a tool that tells you who is "closest" to your friends list who isn't actually on it, like "popwithfriends" but more sophisticated.

Who is closest to your friends list?

Let me know how plausible the results seem to you.

Update: Shit, I've broken the machine it was running on. Back later when I've made it check the load average before running the metric... Update: Back again now, with a rate limiter to keep the load average reasonable. Gosh, hadn't expected such popularity!

Comments

[lilitufire.livejournal.com]

I was amused that two of the first three were people I'm not on speaking terms with, but yes, I think it does map associations reasonably well.

And provide potential people to stalk, I mean friend *grins*

Interesting!

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Yes, that makes sense if you think about it; they're people close to your circle of friends, who aren't on your friends list "on purpose"!

[lilitufire.livejournal.com]

*nods*

Both used to be on my friends list, and are now not, too. So as I say, it's still a reasonable predictor ;)

[xenarachne.livejournal.com]

A stalk is only useful if it bears a flower at the top...

:-D

[winterthing.livejournal.com]

Exactly the same thing happened to me. People who I have issues with appeared very highly up my list.

I think Paul's explanation of it makes sense.

50 closest non-friends

[http://users.livejournal.com/black_roses_/]

I had a similar thing with people i'm not talking to.
haha

I'm also a little too far away to stalk