tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469596827686904343.post4099430977366507098..comments2023-12-31T01:52:35.167+00:00Comments on Bristol University <br> Faculty of Science: James: Twitter; facilitating or procrastinating?Jedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716809188722214136noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469596827686904343.post-62497909998848477792011-08-05T09:29:34.271+01:002011-08-05T09:29:34.271+01:00Thank you for the valuable information on Social N...Thank you for the valuable information on <a href="http://www.idiro.com/" rel="nofollow">Social Network Analysis</a> specially on twitterSocial Networkhttp://www.idiro.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469596827686904343.post-30743669241417399562011-08-01T16:58:05.613+01:002011-08-01T16:58:05.613+01:00I can follow your idea of polarizing in views towa...I can follow your idea of polarizing in views towards ideals. However, in the form I was pondering, people using twitter as a scientific sounding board, I would hope that would not be the case. More a meeting of minds, would be my preference away from links to further procrastination. Thank you for your in put Bruce it is an interesting, although troublesome, idea of polarizing opinion.Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716809188722214136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469596827686904343.post-52166410844559485712011-07-29T10:54:27.339+01:002011-07-29T10:54:27.339+01:00I have written about Twitter in my new book as a p...I have written about Twitter in my new book as a powerful social networking tool. Analysis of tweets have shown both homophilly (people tend to group together) as well as a limited number of regular communications which tends to cluster around the famous Dunbar number of 150. In other words, we tend to have a limited capacity for attending to others. That said, I think that Twitter can potentially lead to polarizing of opinion as people tend to become more extreme in their opinions when they are supported by followers.Bruce Hoodhttp://brucemhood.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469596827686904343.post-18713886821500093272011-07-25T13:20:34.235+01:002011-07-25T13:20:34.235+01:00Thanks for pointing that out, now the link is fixe...Thanks for pointing that out, now the link is fixed!Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716809188722214136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3469596827686904343.post-32710233333042239432011-07-25T13:05:52.667+01:002011-07-25T13:05:52.667+01:00Hey, I wanted to read the article, but I think the...Hey, I wanted to read the article, but I think the link is not workingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855652297410642142noreply@blogger.com