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        With all the "social networking software", Freindster, LinkedIn, Ryze,
Spoke, Visible Path and so on I am wondering:

        - Is there any definition of the outcomes that they are trying to
          achieve in any way that could be tested?
        - Is there any discussion of the types of tie and what constitutes
          a tie?
        - Is there any attempts to use network structure like structural
          equivalance to answer questions (based on the outcome above)?
          (Note: I talked to Reid and Johnathon, from LinkedIn and Friendster
           and the answer they gave was 'no.'   Spoke and Visible Path are
           keeping it closer to the chest).
        - Will any of the data become available to researchers?  (I think
          here of Ron Burt's reinterpretation of Coleman et al's data on
          diffusion - many minds ...).

-Don
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Don Steiny - Central Coast Angel Network - www.ccangels.net
 Institute for Social Network Analysis of the Economy - www.isnae.org
  125 Mission St #3 - Santa Cruz, CA 95060 - 831.471.1671 - fax: 831.471.1670

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