Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Clusters and Connectors

The following was the most interesting quote from one of the readings for this week:
"As networks are clustered, nodes that are linked only to nodes in their cluster could have a central role in that subculture or genre. Without links connecting them to the outside world, they can be quite far from nodes in other clusters."

It was interesting that while I was reading this Nitin shared news item about a new social networking website. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/technology/30poor.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
This site named babajob.com is essentially forcing links between two clusters. The website is not really a hub but it is a bridge or if we look at it as an entity then it is a vary powerful connector?

(To be continued)

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