Comments on: Where in the world are social networks? http://socialmediagroup.com/2007/09/04/where-in-the-world-are-social-networks/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Helping Business Navigate the Social Web. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:46:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Douglas Walker http://socialmediagroup.com/2007/09/04/where-in-the-world-are-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-2297 Douglas Walker Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:02:28 +0000 http://socialmediagroup.ca/2007/09/04/where-in-the-world-are-social-networks/#comment-2297 Very interesting to see, but it is drastically oversimplified. Sort of like an alien showing up on earth and labeling the whole earth by its dominant species based on numbers - which is Bacteria SAR-11. This might not give a true picture of the complexity. And if the data comes from Alexa then it is likely fairly suspect and probably relies on reach, page views and their traffic rank system, which may not be the best measure. I would prefer something like percentage of population who is member and active in last 30 days or something. I am being a bit nitpicky, but this is actually quite interesting nonetheless. Very interesting to see, but it is drastically oversimplified.
Sort of like an alien showing up on earth and labeling the whole earth by its dominant species based on numbers – which is Bacteria SAR-11. This might not give a true picture of the complexity.

And if the data comes from Alexa then it is likely fairly suspect and probably relies on reach, page views and their traffic rank system, which may not be the best measure. I would prefer something like percentage of population who is member and active in last 30 days or something.

I am being a bit nitpicky, but this is actually quite interesting nonetheless.

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