Comments on: lack of power laws and other popularity problems http://purplemotes.net/2006/08/20/lack-of-power-laws-and-other-popularity-problems/ a journal of whimsy and hope. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:18:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: purple motes » debating the long tail http://purplemotes.net/2006/08/20/lack-of-power-laws-and-other-popularity-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-17710 purple motes » debating the long tail Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:40:19 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2006/08/20/lack-of-power-laws-and-other-popularity-problems/#comment-17710 [...] well described by a straight line.  Put differently, a power-law distribution typically provides a reasonably good model for the aggregate pattern of choices.   In a comment referring to a graph of Facebook app [...] [...] well described by a straight line.  Put differently, a power-law distribution typically provides a reasonably good model for the aggregate pattern of choices.   In a comment referring to a graph of Facebook app [...]

]]> By: Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog http://purplemotes.net/2006/08/20/lack-of-power-laws-and-other-popularity-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:11:23 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2006/08/20/lack-of-power-laws-and-other-popularity-problems/#comment-469 <strong>Rough sort...</strong> The following list may continue to lengthen. Newest entry at top. Is illiteracy the new literacy? Berkeley's Dan Perkel writes, in a paper, Cut and Paste Literacy, on MySpace profiles: "A social perspective of literacy helps show that a part of [the]... Rough sort...

The following list may continue to lengthen. Newest entry at top. Is illiteracy the new literacy? Berkeley's Dan Perkel writes, in a paper, Cut and Paste Literacy, on MySpace profiles: "A social perspective of literacy helps show that a part of [the]...

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