> the quality of the network. Graph theory is also why Malcolm Gladwell is
> an
> idiot in his 'revolution will not be tweeted' article and why social
> networking technology is potentially socially explosive. He claims that
> because social networking generates a large number of weak ties that its
> social impact is fundamentally limited. However the opposite is actually
> the
> case. Large numbers of weak ties are a characteristic of very strong
> graphs.
But what's a strong graph? (searching on ("graph theory" "strong graph") doesn't turn up anything obvious). If it's a graph theory concept, it doesn't necessarily mean the same thing in a social science context.
-- Andy