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The world according to Facebook
Our lonely planet continues to become less and less lonely. Thanks to the advent of social networking sites like Facebook, users can connect far-flung parts of the world at the tap of a keyboard. This fascinating map (click to enlarge) created by Facebook intern Paul Butler charts the interactions between Facebook users from around the globe, and it shows the unbelievable extent to which Facebook now touches even the most remote parts of the world.
If you're wondering, the brightly illuminated part of Western Africa is mostly Nigeria, so look out for a friend request from a Prince Abakaliki asking you to wire money to a Swiss bank account. Ignore!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sean McLachlan Dec 15th 2010 5:17AM
It's interesting to look at the distribution in the developing world. That little point of light in East Africa is Ethiopia. When I was there I noticed that everyone is crazy about Facebook! I talk about this in my post "Twelve random observations about Ethiopia".
http://www.gadling.com/2010/04/13/twelve-random-observations-about-ethiopia/
Although Ethiopians love Facebook, their country isn't clearly delineated on this map. That's because the majority of users are centered in the larger cities. While everyone talks about the digital divide between rich and developing nations, the developing world has a huge digital divide between rural farmers and city dwellers.
Then again, much of backwoods Missouri is still on dialup. . .