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We have reviewed a set of results stemming from the generation and analysis of an anonymized dataset representing
the communication patterns of all people using a popular IM system. The methods and findings highlight the value of
using a large IM network as a worldwide lens onto aggregate human behavior.
In June 2006 17,510,905 new accounts were created and on 1st June 2006 there were nearly 1 billion different conversations with more than 7 billion messages sent. Each day generated 150GB of compressed text logs.
Anyone getting into social websites should read the data on age, gender, geographics and nature of conversations between people geographically dispersed....
"We observe that cross-gender conversations tend to be longer and to include more messages, suggesting that more effort is devoted to conversations with the opposite sex."
Typical cross-gender conversation:
Did not.
Did too.
Not.
Did.
Not.
Did.
Moron.
Idiot.
Yeah?
Yeah!
What is wrong with you. Why does it always have to go this way? Over and over again. Why? I don't understand.
What's not to understand. You are always arguing with everything I say.
etc, etc, etc.
{b}Typical cross-gender conversation:[/b]
Did not.
Did too.
Pub?
k
Time?
7?
k
Hmmm, I can see why there's a noticable difference.
