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This is a physics simulation where every player attracts whoever he upvoted and repels players that he downvoted.
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This is a physics simulation where every player attracts whoever he upvoted and repels players that he downvoted.
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To be exact, the following forces are being applied:
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To be exact, the following forces are being applied:
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* Brownian motion with decaying magnitude
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* Brownian motion with decaying magnitude
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* A small force towards the center of the simulation area that increases exponentially with distance
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* A small force towards the center of the simulation area that increases exponentially with distance
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* Constant attractive force towards players that were upvoted (proportional to amount of votes)
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* Constant attractive force towards players that were upvoted (proportional to amount of votes)
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* Constant repellent force towards players that were downvoted (proportional to amount of votes)
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* Constant repellent force towards players that were downvoted (proportional to amount of votes)
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* Repellent force towards other players, decays with distance^4
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* Repellent force towards other players, decays with distance^4
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* Friction to stabilize the system
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* Friction to stabilize the system
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How you can read this image:
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How you can read this image:
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* Color represents friendliness: A player who has never downvoted anything will be fully green, while a player who only does downvotes will be red.
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* Color represents friendliness: A player who has never downvoted anything will be fully green, while a player who only does downvotes will be red.
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* Being near a player represents a "good relationship" regarding forum karma. Whether players are direct neighbours or a little distance from each other is not of any significance due to the noise of the Brownian motion deciding on such small differences.
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* Being near a player represents a "good relationship" regarding forum karma. Whether players are direct neighbours or a little distance from each other is not of any significance due to the noise of the Brownian motion deciding on such small differences.
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The zk forum cluster:
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The zk forum cluster:
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/vIoJSgE.png[/img]
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/vIoJSgE.png[/img]
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The only similarly dense cluster is much smaller:
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The only similarly dense cluster is much smaller:
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/sejfv6m.png[/img]
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/sejfv6m.png[/img]
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Some
rather
negative
players
aren't
hostile
to
everybody,
so
a
loosely
connected
cluster
could
form
a
good
distance
away
from
the
central
cluster:
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Some
rather
negative
players
aren't
downvoting
everybody,
so
a
loosely
connected
cluster
could
form
a
good
distance
away
from
the
central
cluster:
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/F2qbvLO.png[/img]
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/F2qbvLO.png[/img]
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Here's the list of players in that image:
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Here's the list of players in that image:
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@[pikts]wolas @[Fx]Drone @jseah @_Shaman @GoogleFrog
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@[pikts]wolas @[Fx]Drone @jseah @_Shaman @GoogleFrog
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If you wanna have a look around, here's a [url=http://extrazoom.com/image-62021.html?s=uln50x50]zoomable version of the image.[/url] Click the button on the bottom right for a minimap.
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If you wanna have a look around, here's a [url=http://extrazoom.com/image-62021.html?s=uln50x50]zoomable version of the image.[/url] Click the button on the bottom right for a minimap.
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Alternatively, you can find the full image [url=https://i.imgur.com/NNDMomb.png]here[/url]. It may crash your browser.
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Alternatively, you can find the full image [url=https://i.imgur.com/NNDMomb.png]here[/url]. It may crash your browser.
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ZK Social group visualization attempt