Sunday, 12 September 2004

An experiment on propogation of Meme in Blogsphere

I'm participating in this experiment. If you are interested, please read on:


8-15 questions for Meme Propopgation


To add your blog to this experiment,
copy this entire posting to your blog, and then answer the questions
below, substituting your own information, below, where appropriate.
Other than answering the questions below, please do not alter the
information, layout or format of this post in order to preserve the
integrity of the data in this experiment (this will make it easier for
searchers and automated bots to find and analyze the results later).



REQUIRED FIELDS (Note: Replace the answers below with your own answers)



(1) I found this experiment at URL: http://thedailymeme.com/ The Daily Meme.



(2) I found it via "Newsreader Software" or "Browsing the Web" or "Searching the Web" or "An E-Mail Message":



(3) I posted this experiment at URL: http://elearningrandomwalk.blogspot.com/



(4) I posted this on date (day, month, year):12 September, 2004



(5) I posted this at time (24 hour time):13:30:00



(6) My posting location is (city, state, country):Melbourne, Vic, Australia



OPTIONAL SURVEY FIELDS (Replace the answers below with your own answers):



(7) My blog is hosted by: Blogger



(8) My age is: Mature



(9) My gender is: male



(10) My occupation is:



(11) I use the following RSS/Atom reader software:



(12) I use the following software to post to my blog:



(13) I have been blogging since (day, month, year): 11th August, 2004



(14) My web browser is: Firefox



(15) My operating system is: Win


Meme Propagation In Blogspace: Add Your Blog!



This posting is a community experiment that tests how a meme,
represented by this blog posting, spreads across blogspace, physical
space and time. It will help to show how ideas travel across blogs in
space and time and how blogs are connected. It may also help to show
which blogs are most influential in the propagation of memes. The
dataset from this experiment will be public, and can be located via
Google (or Technorati) by doing a search for the GUID for this meme
(below).



The original posting for this experiment is located at: Minding the Planet

http://novaspivack.typepad.com/nova_spivacks_weblog/2004/08/a_sonar_ping_of.html


results and commentary will appear there in the future.



Please join the test by adding your blog (see instructions, below)
and inviting your friends to participate -- the more the better. The
data from this test will be public and open; others may use it to
visualize and study the connectedness of blogspace and the propagation
of memes across blogs.



The GUID for this experiment is:
as098398298250swg9e98929872525389t9987898tq98wteqtgaq62010920352598gawst
(this GUID enables anyone to easily search Google (or Technorati) for
all blogs that participate in this experiment). Anyone is free to
analyze the data of this experiment. Please publicize your analysis of
the data, and/or any comments by adding comments onto the original post
(see URL above). (Note: it would be interesting to see a geographic map
or a temporal animation, as well as a social network map of the
propagation of this meme.)



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