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#13 Data visualization
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I've always been amazed at how much information humans are able to garner from one glance at a well-done visualization. The large database of questions and answers, if grouped interestingly and evaluated on specific scales could make for some interesting visualizations.
As an example, each question could be plotted in 3d space. Seperating each axis +-x, y, x we have six different paths a question could take. Considering combinations of three different axes that are adjacent, we have eight different quadrants a question may lie in. The color, size, symbol, or orientation of the question could give further information.
It would be aesthetically pleasing as well as providing some interesting information about the nature of questions on grupthink if done well. The same process could be done for answers of particularly popular questions.
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This would indeed be cool. Radiohead.com has a feature (merely aesthetic, really, in how it's implemented) that maps how users enter (which button they choose) a certain part of the site:
enter: http://www.radiohead.com/worms.php
leave: http://www.radiohead.com/leave.php
What about geography? Like to be able to see whether voters on the West Coast (of America) had different views than those on the East Coast for topics like:
TV http://www.grupthink.com/topic/316
Religion http://www.grupthink.com/topic/279
War http://www.grupthink.com/topic/749
Money http://www.grupthink.com/topic/862
Sex http://www.grupthink.com/topic/289
Death http://www.grupthink.com/topic/955
Love http://www.grupthink.com/topic/3300
Politics http://www.grupthink.com/topic/277
Or Canada versus US ... or Pakistan versus India .... or Idaho versus Montana ... or LA versus San Diego.... just thinkin out loud.