{"id":2908,"date":"2014-10-28T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T21:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2014-10-28T14:01:41","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T19:01:41","slug":"chart-of-the-week-massive-impenetrable-hairballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/2014\/10\/28\/chart-of-the-week-massive-impenetrable-hairballs\/","title":{"rendered":"Chart of the week – Massive impenetrable hairballs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The whole point of this post is to get you to check out this other post<\/a> by Andy Baio, in which he does\u00a0detailed data analysis on a large sampling from GamerGate<\/a>. Feel free to go read that now. Pay particular attention to this social network connection graphic, because it is freaking awesome:<\/p>\n

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They clustered Twitter users into groups based on their relationships, much like in an earlier analysis about polarization in the U.S. Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While there are hundreds of small communities represented by this visualization, it\u2019s clear they group into two major groups: on the left, pro-Gamergate. On the right, anti-Gamergate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you stare closely into the full-sized version<\/a> for awhile, you\u2019ll see a few fairly familiar freethinkers and skeptics. Just a bit southeast of the bright green (pro-GG) blob there are a handful of recognizable handles, including Mykeru and Justicar (formerly of the proverbial slimy pit), Sara Mayhew, and Thunderf00t, not to mention my favorite parody account<\/a>. Deep in the pink blob you can find freethought bloggers Tauriq Moosa and PZ Myers, along with a handful of Block Bot<\/a> admins, and that one guy<\/a> who used to be an NFL punter.<\/p>\n

This network visualization is as good a metaphor as any for #Gamergate. Two massive, impenetrable hairballs of people that want little to do with one another, only listening to their side and firing volleys across the chasm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, now, that pretty much sums it all up. A chasm sort of like a deep rift, right?<\/p>\n

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