TrustFlow results for ciphergoth

[ciphergoth]

I tried out TrustFlow II for LiveJournal. The following people not on the friends list for ciphergoth are close by:

• 500 - 550: potatoprint
• 550 - 600: elfgeek
• 600 - 650: thehalibutkid, sanjibabes

• 650 - 700: ippola, kingginger, lozette, delomelas, nou
• 700 - 750: vampwillow, heteronormative, vicki_t_veg
• 750 - 800: eather, louis_mallow, marymortis, angelicdance, flufybumblebee, emmy_mallow, poannie, topbit, avalon_bliss, occular, princealbert
• 800 - 850: theauldhoose, zapruder, inanimatepeanut, babyholly, hfnuala, memevector, sublevel3
• 850 - 900: graydon, hypermallard, naturalborn, just_becky, karen2205, cherryblossom1, sheridanwilde, ankh, fuzzygoth, snagglepat
• 900 - 950: nickmc, feanelwa, nitoda, calendril, original_aj, cyberpunkgrrl, princess_leanna
• 950 - 1000: maleficent, bethanthepurple
• 1000 - 1050: earwigmc, superdus, preachermuaddib, mr_flay, anjylle, andyravensable, pandemona, feanorfinwe, mjwin, leila_child, leathermgoddess, wintrmute, alienspacebat, hughe
• 1050 - 1100: diffrentcolours, artremis, stonecia, pirate_gypsy, mattblakk, olethros, wuluf, gusmacroy, pywacket, thingie
• 1100 - 1150: angeoverthere, brain_hurts, darkstones, essbee80, rhialto, sulis_minerva, crag_du, blankinfinity, gothbabe, x_mass, latexiron, mock2, _boing_
• 1150 - 1200: swisstone, lnr, jhaelan, ninadelenne, cheekbones3, nyecamden, mandrake91, meirion
• 1200 - 1250: clockworkwasp, cookwitch, snowberries, tylluan_dawel, decepticonboy, puzzle_, calum, fabalafae, amphioxa, liadnan, childeric, wandra, jenbird, mab, lproven
• 1250 - 1300: buca, spidermonster, scunthorpe, oilrig, parallelgirl, sneerpout, baratron, androktone, my_mundane_life, protocol_rain, foibey, mankylarry, cassieclaire, drreagan
• 1300 - 1350: redandfiery, neriedes, batswing, liz_with_hat, giolla, simonb, deathboy, penguinsteph, squiddity
• 1350 - 1400: ofiwriter, lilgreendave, taimatsu, jimthegoth, davefish, ant_girl, bi_dancer13, zoo_music_girl, ms_katonic, dmh
• 1400 - 1450: fire_sermon, sushidog, anonymouseth, tabatha_yeddap, satan_dot_com, alexa_robinson, lark_ascending, neferet, gypseymission, fruit_boy, northerncutie, interior_lulu, spacelem, mirukux, zarbi, excy, steer, purple_fayz, headinclouds, kixie, emmelinemay
• 1450 - 1500: god_dot_com, rainbowskye, princesssulky, esbat, cosmicdjester, eternaldancer, ophelia_complex, bauhaus_691
• 1500 - 1550: chillies, dr_lovely, bob_dot_com, shera619, 2eyes, voofy, poggs, djsynne, coeur_en_hiver, becksydee, purpledonna, libellum, martling, circumnavigator
• 1550 - 1600: teqkiller, mistersleepless, blahflowers, ghoti, dopedolljunkie, a_musing_amazon, davidmcn, bustiq, neilh, sarcaustick, reindeerflotila, funky_firelord, kyte, insecuregoddess, johnnydefective

TrustFlow II: Who is closest to your friends list?

Comments

[drdoug.livejournal.com]

Seems to work as advertised for me - almost uncanny in picking out all the people I'm aware of through friends' journals but haven't friended, which is what I'd expect of a 'LJ friends closeness' measure. Hooray!

Interesting to compare LJ 'friends of friends' with what I know about who are real-life friends together (or at least, SFAIK) - they are clearly not the same thing but there does seem to be at least a loose correlation.

I do like your 'bucket of trust juice filled from heaven' explanation too. A lovely image, and clearly explains the algorithm in non-mathematical terms.

I'm not sure calling it trust juice helps to explain it to LJers, though. I entirely understand that the algorithm is a member of the class of trust metrics, and that this is the context in which you developed it. However, LJers don't universally understand friending someone to mean expressing any degree of trust. (Even though in the trustmetrics sense one would almost certainly describe it as such.) Perhaps you could call it 'friendedness juice' or 'LJ-friends juice' or something like that? The concepts of LJ-friending and real-life friending are sufficiently confusing already without introducing trust as a third factor.

You could always include a footnote to the effect that this is a type of algorithm called a trust metric, and that here 'friendedness' takes the role of trust. The sort of people who care about the algorithm are - handily - precisely the sort of people who might read such a footnote. *grin*

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

That seems a good idea - will edit...