ReVisualizer

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social graph visualisation

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ReVisualizer

My weekend project, ReVisualizer. It visualizes Tumblr Reblogs.

revisualizer.com

#tumblr#reblogs#graph visualization#canvas

35points
10comments
#339of 1,097 in 2011
Top 31%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.40.

Idea: 1 for, 0 against

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Cool and interesting idea

    From 5 comments

Objections

  • Loads slowly on large reblog counts

    From 1 comment
    • Trying this out now. Interesting idea! It sure does load slow on 75,000+ reblogs. Also, I wasn't quite sure how it worked when I clicked (didn't realize it showed up below the…
      edkennedy on HN
  • Unclear how it works and it loaded the graph twice on repeat click

    From 1 comment
    • Trying this out now. Interesting idea! It sure does load slow on 75,000+ reblogs. Also, I wasn't quite sure how it worked when I clicked (didn't realize it showed up below the…
      edkennedy on HN

Requests

  • Show metadata on nodes, such as centrality

    From 2 comments
    • Trying this out now. Interesting idea! It sure does load slow on 75,000+ reblogs. Also, I wasn't quite sure how it worked when I clicked (didn't realize it showed up below the…
      edkennedy on HN
    • Ouch! I wouldn't try to do it on 75,000+ reblogs. Since Tumblr doesn't expose reblog data via their API, I have to manually go and load 50 notes at a time via the urls from the…
      warfangle on HN
  • Links to Tumblr blogs from nodes

    From 1 comment
    • Trying this out now. Interesting idea! It sure does load slow on 75,000+ reblogs. Also, I wasn't quite sure how it worked when I clicked (didn't realize it showed up below the…
      edkennedy on HN

Questions

  • What is used to build the graphs

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool, what are you using to build the graphs? (not the data, the actual visuals)
      cyanbane on HN

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