Apparently...
This is actually kind of cool. This guy's python script uses heuristic searching combined with tracking of top three interconnected Ljers at any given time to try and find the largest group of people who all list each other as friends (complete accuracy not guaranteed, which makes sense because of the way the algorithm works)
The script reports two cliques for me, which are identical insofar as the_puck was reborn as misterdark, though you can see where the script stepped through in different directions on each of the two iterations, because of the different sequence of users (ie: butterisbetter and sullenrei were flipped)
I am a member of 2 cliques of size 10
As it says on the site, this script is by hukuma / Nikita Borisov. His name seemed familiar, and then it occurred to me: He's one of the two people responsible for Off-the-Record Messaging, a protocol that allows for encrypted, authenticated, deniable, forward secure instant messaging. Otr is available as a localhost AIM proxy for Linux, Windows, and OS X, as a plugin for Gaim, and is natively supported in Adium.
The script reports two cliques for me, which are identical insofar as the_puck was reborn as misterdark, though you can see where the script stepped through in different directions on each of the two iterations, because of the different sequence of users (ie: butterisbetter and sullenrei were flipped)
I am a member of 2 cliques of size 10
- markasparov8, butterisbetter, lucky13horizons, meandthemajor, misterdark, mah_zeh, sullenrei, incredulousness, hottveganlovah, ragingemu
- markasparov8, sullenrei, lucky13horizons, meandthemajor, the_puck, mah_zeh, butterisbetter, incredulousness, hottveganlovah, ragingemu
As it says on the site, this script is by hukuma / Nikita Borisov. His name seemed familiar, and then it occurred to me: He's one of the two people responsible for Off-the-Record Messaging, a protocol that allows for encrypted, authenticated, deniable, forward secure instant messaging. Otr is available as a localhost AIM proxy for Linux, Windows, and OS X, as a plugin for Gaim, and is natively supported in Adium.