RossMayfieldsThreeScalesOfNetwork

From RossMayfield at http://radio.weblogs.com/0114726/2003/02/12.html#a284,

(and http://radio.weblogs.com/0114726/2003/04/09.html#a391)

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There are 3 scales of network

1. The political network of large numbers of people. Connection here works according to PowerLaws
2. The social network (around 150 people). The people you know. Attention divided according to a Gaussian(?)
3. The Creative network (around 12 people) Your collaborators in projects. This network is fully connected (everyone talks to everyone)

Information can filter from one network to another through common persons / nodes

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Compare : ChristopherAllen on OptimalGroupSize

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RichardMacManus? suggests a couple more scales : http://www.readwriteweb.com/2004/01/18.html#a189

• personal (~10)
• social (~100)
• community (~1000)
• "broadcast" (~10,000)
• celebrity (~100,000)

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Looking at wikis for the different scales : WikisAtDifferentScales

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Compare with this discussion of TheLongTail : http://longtail.typepad.com/the_long_tail/2005/05/headism.html which segments the tail into different scales and argues for different economic models at each.

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Mayfield bets ClayShirky

• http://www.corante.com/many/20030801.shtml#47960
• http://www.corante.com/many/20030801.shtml#47841

Comments

• http://radio.weblogs.com/0114726/

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See also BillJoysSixWebs

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See also :

• ScalesOfOrganization, WikisAtDifferentScales, FractalSociety, EmergentDemocracy,
• KarenStephensonsSixKnowledgeNetworks, TomCoatesTwoDimensions

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CategoryNetworks