[LAU] Fwd: GMANE and complex networks

[Philipp Überbacher]

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 20:12:53 -0200
Renato Fabbri <renato.fabbri at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear LAU,
> 
> :::
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Renato Fabbri <renato.fabbri at gmail.com>
> Date: 2013/12/20
> Subject: GMANE and complex networks
> To: linux-audio-dev at lists.linuxaudio.org
> 
> 
> Dear LAD,
> 
> In studying complex network (a doctorate research),
> I got into interaction networks because of its utility for
> understanding social systems.
> 
> This lead me to GMANE database:
> gmane.org
> in which LAD, LAU, LAA (i think), and about 20 thousand other lists
> are hosted as public and with data available via RSS.
> 
> After experimentations with some lists, in writing results in an
> article format, I chose 4 lists: the GNU C++ stdlib development list
> (official perhaps), LAU, LAD and Metareciclagem, a
> gadget-media-activist list from Brazil.
> This article was sent to arXiv:
> arxiv.org/abs/1310.7769
> and is currently being revised by authors, with latest version here:
> http://sourceforge.net/p/labmacambira/fimDoMundo/ci/master/tree/textos/evolutionSN/evsn.pdf?format=raw
> Some visualizations of these networks in evolution are in:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t5jxQ8cKxM&list=PLf_EtaMqu3jU-1j4jiIUiyMqyVSzIYeh6
> and:
> http://hera.ethymos.com.br:1080/redes/python/autoRede/escolheRedes.php
> 
> Among all options available for doing this research, I chose LAD and
> LAU with esteem. This lists were quite helpful to me in many
> occasions, specially in the period 2005-2009. Anyway, this raises a
> question about this kind of analysis, if it is desirable, invasive in
> public lists/data. As they are publicly accessible, users should have
> access also to what kind of information one is able to extract from
> such data? Or should it be restricted to enterprises, government
> parties and individuals not sharing about it? I number participants,
> so names don't appear on results and even in the process of data
> mining, but should that be? Should that hold for public data?
> Of course, this discussion might make sense only when there are no
> aggressive intents, such as developing interfaces to expose someone,
> which is probably not cool in any case.
> 
> Cheers!
> //r
> 
> 
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Hi Renato,
I skimmed over the results and wonder what the purpose of this exercise
was (besides the degree). What do the results tell you?

I know that 'big data' and network analysis is all the hype, but I fail
to see anything interesting there.

Regards,
Philipp