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Twitter dashboard analysis theory

nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:03:35 -0700

Start at the notation on the right side. The important symbols are for followers, followees, tweets, and views.

In the middle, from the top down, first there's just a constraint: every follower is a followee. Under the assumption that each follower views each tweet (yeah, i know. we need this at first, but we will relax it later. i promise.), then we can find the total number of views by that summation in the center.

The meat is at the bottom. k for an individual is just the number of followers. But k of the network is some other number that we can solve for. The big question is whether this number is meaningful in any way.

Best piece of mail I've gotten yet

nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:50:24 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

Yeah, that's all it said. To which I asked the letter, What the hell? So awkward, guys. HSBC even sent a follow up like "Hey remember that ridiculous letter we sent you? Yeah, uh, sorry we gave you absolutely no context."

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:57:18 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

"I heart Creative Commons and I mean business!"

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:57:13 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

"I am standing around waiting for a train and trying to look cool."

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:57:08 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

A wistful gaze into the future, or the past.

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:57:04 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

I don't know what that expression is.

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:59 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

Oh my God I love disco so much I can't help it. Alternately: I'm coming for you, thing in the sky that I am pointing at right now.

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:55 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

"Oh God I hope that isn't a hoard of zombies off in the distance. I'd better stand here and try to look awesome just in case."

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:47 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

"If I were a superhero, my power would be standing here like this."

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:42 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

Check out that shirt. w00t.

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:36 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

"Srsly? Anuthr picshur?"

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:32 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

"OH MY GOODNESS"

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:27 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:23 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:14 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

CC is hot.

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:09 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:56:04 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:55:58 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:55:53 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

I'm ready for my abduction. Beam me up.

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nobody@flickr.com (Frank Tobia) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:55:48 -0700

Frank Tobia posted a photo:

Whatever pose we were going for failed. See above.