Finding the social structure of the web

Six Log: TrackBack and Social Network Tools

“It strikes me that a central service like Blogdex/Popdex/etc, which is already doing a lot of work with determining online social structure via link patterns, could take TrackBack usage one step further.”

Andy did his gradute research on social structures in online communities, mainly in the context of education. We’ve talked a bit about it in the past. It is certainly interesting how a social fabric can develop among people who’ve only ever communicated in writing. I suppose that isn’t new (pen pals, etc), but the ease with which you can find other people who share interests these days is startling.