blog/ image assessment

http://datamining.typepad.com/data_mining/2007/04/twitter_social_.html

Blog entry by Mathew Hurst, includes picture of web that shows how many people are connected to each other through twitter. The graph first caught my eye because of the size of the web of friends and mutual friends that one person would be able to contact. The information could come in handy by allowing to have an example as to how many people one could get to know if they really wanted to, through their friends and mutual friends. Its a ridiculous amount.....

As for the blog post itself I question using it but if necessary i would. It seems that people can easily have their identities stolen and someone can pretend to be someone else on a blog. Mathew Hurst the author of this post is a Scientist at Microsoft's MSN and co-creator of BlogPulse. Blog pulse is a site that tracks trends in other blogs. Such as to what topics people talk about etc. it also contains a search engine for blog along with other services. Though unable to find any names pertaining to the title or creator or co-creator on this site it seems like this individual has to back up his post with plenty of sources and therefore could be trusted. As for the blog itself it contains posts of others who are offering opinions about the graph, and a link to another site that may help Mr. Hursts research. Like stated before I will use this as a reference if necessary.