I took at look at the top 200 links from the analysis I described earlier, using a visualization tool that creates a 3D network of the connections. What becomes apparent is which people tend to be connectors -- those who a more central to the network, thus directly or indirectly holding the community together.
Three people stand out at the center of the network -- Julia Thompson, Gary Nunn and Alberto Monteiro. There's a nexus off to one side, so to speak, with Darryl Shannon by himself at the center. John Giorgis appears to be somewhat of a bridge between the two centers. Those are centers of thread initiation. In terms of thread participation, there is less convergence, of course. There is a bit of a nexus around Alberto and Ronn Blankenship. I'm looking a visualization of the top 500 links now, but I suspect that the tool is going to take a long time to settle down to a stable network. Nick Arnett Phone/fax: 408-904-7198
