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Offline Simaril

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map of the internet
« on: October 06, 2010, 11:25:21 AM »
At least in terms of daily use volume. Clever idea...


I particularly like "Troll Bay" and the "Sea of Opinions"!

Wha't interesting about this is that the guy didn't just make up a funny map. He based the sizes of various territories on the average daily activity as measured over a period of months. The zones are positioned based on relationships between the media, so blogs are bunched together.

Unlike most amusing fake maps, then, this actually is designed to graphically display real information about proportions and relationships.

Obviously came from a serious math/engineering nerd!
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Re: map of the internet
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2010, 11:28:53 AM »
Oh, and here's the original post site, with detail areas of the map.

http://xkcd.com/

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Re: map of the internet
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2010, 11:48:22 AM »
I call BS.

Skyrock has his own friggin peninsula.

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Re: map of the internet
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2010, 12:33:57 PM »
xkcd is the only site on the internet I bother to check every other day.  (He posts on Mon, Wed, Fri)  I can't even say that about the BBS.  :eek:
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Re: map of the internet
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2010, 02:39:56 PM »
This is an inaccurate map. Where is all the porn?
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Re: map of the internet
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2010, 03:39:56 PM »
Quote from: Raptor on October 06, 2010, 02:39:56 PM
This is an inaccurate map. Where is all the porn?

And lolcats. I didn't see lolcats
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