PotterVerse
Learning and science
network visualization
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How HN took it
4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting, cool visualization
From 2 comments
Interesting visualization. I'm wondering where this data is coming from. You could probably construct a similar network out of all of the character pages on…
languagehacker on HNIt'd be really particularly interesting to understand the connections themselves with some kind of context. I'd also really like to see things like a subcollection of the…
jcutrell on HN
Ego network and triad analysis ideas are valuable
From 1 comment
If you are referring to ego networks (the connections between your immediate connections), the visualization gets part way there. If you hover over a node, it pops up a character…
tokenuser on HN
Objections
Comparing a fiction network to a real social network is not meaningful
From 1 comment
I'm not sure comparing this to a "real" social network is meaningful. More appropriate might be to compare the Potterverse to another relatively small, socially isolated, insular…
glesica on HN
Character markers contain spoilers
From 1 comment
Worth pointing out if you haven't read the entire series and plan on doing so, you should keep well away - character markers are all (needlessly?) spoilerific.
joshvm on HN
Requests
Show context for the connections themselves
From 1 comment
It'd be really particularly interesting to understand the connections themselves with some kind of context. I'd also really like to see things like a subcollection of the…
jcutrell on HN
Compare subcollections as discrete networks
From 1 comment
It'd be really particularly interesting to understand the connections themselves with some kind of context. I'd also really like to see things like a subcollection of the…
jcutrell on HN
Compare with a more insular community such as the Amish or prisoners
From 2 comments
I'm not sure comparing this to a "real" social network is meaningful. More appropriate might be to compare the Potterverse to another relatively small, socially isolated, insular…
glesica on HNI don't have my copy with me right now, but Barabasi has some examples of interesting social network data that were collected by sociologists in his book "Linked" [1]. You might…
glesica on HN
Questions
Where does the data come from
From 1 comment
Interesting visualization. I'm wondering where this data is coming from. You could probably construct a similar network out of all of the character pages on…
languagehacker on HN
What is the reference for average path length in real social networks
From 1 comment
What is your reference for the average path length within a real social network? Six degrees of seperation?
onuryavuz on HN
Which tools were used to build it
From 1 comment
Can you tell us a bit about the tools that were used to create this?
Mtinie on HN
Alternatives named
Facebook social graph studies
From 1 comment
Or even a college which the average distance between any two people is 2 - 3 degrees. Additionally, this story is written from the perspective of Harry Potter so weaker ties…
dasickis on HN
Barabasi's Linked
From 1 comment
I don't have my copy with me right now, but Barabasi has some examples of interesting social network data that were collected by sociologists in his book "Linked" [1]. You might…
glesica on HN