Google Groups Lacks Social Network Diagnostic Tools
One of the best aspects about running groups online in a contained
environment should be the ability to diagnose the groups using the
ideas of social network analysis. Identifying who is central to the
conversation, who is quiet but respected or who is a connector is
fairly basic as long as you know who communicates with who and in what
order. Google Groups unfortunately doesn't allow any of this basic
analysis. The only information shared is the number of posts by each
individual.
The social networking information is a fairly valuable dataset. I
would be surprised if Google isn't analyzing this information on the
backend and adding to its great store of data on the way we interact.
posted by R at 9:09 PM
1 Comments:
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Why don't you suggest these features to them?
http://groups.google.com/group/Groups-Suggestions
9:02 AM
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