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Re: Show HN: Does Facebook know your friends better than you do?

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Post by Sharlin »

Sharlin wrote: post #8

Hmm... I answered "younger" to the "Do you think your friends are on average older or younger?" question and it claimed the answer is wrong, giving the average of 29.24 years. I turned 30 in June.

Incidentally, I think the question would be better framed in terms of the median age - ie. "Do you think the majority of your friends are older or younger than you?"

Re: Show HN: Does Facebook know your friends better than you do?

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Post by city41 »

It's a really nice tech demo. I like the animations and it's well delivered. If you were to try and make it more of a "product" (ie more useful for the user and less about exploring the tech behind it), you might want to dig into more interesting facts. The months my friends were born in isn't very interesting. How many of them are married, what state/country they live in, etc would be more fun.

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Post by maxkiener »

Sharlin wrote: post #11
Sharlin wrote: post #8

Hmm... I answered "younger" to the "Do you think your friends are on average older or younger?" question and it claimed the answer is wrong, giving the average of 29.24 years. I turned 30 in June.

Incidentally, I think the question would be better framed in terms of the median age - ie. "Do you think the majority of your friends are older or younger than you?"

yeah, i was on the verge about median age or average age... about the age error, i dont know why that happens. i calculate your age by year but that should still return 30 and validate to "right".

Re: Show HN: Does Facebook know your friends better than you do?

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Post by maxkiener »

city41 wrote: post #12

It's a really nice tech demo. I like the animations and it's well delivered. If you were to try and make it more of a "product" (ie more useful for the user and less about exploring the tech behind it), you might want to dig into more interesting facts. The months my friends were born in isn't very interesting. How many of them are married, what state/country they live in, etc would be more fun.

I did get a little carried away by experimenting with vectors in a browser and js/jquery in general. Thanks for the feedback.
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