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Re: Facebook Tracks Trends With Lexicon Service

Drew — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:37:52 -0000

Everything dips around the holidays and on the weekends. Think about it...facebook, while now open to everyone, still caters to mostly college aged individuals - so it would make sense that term usage would go down during winter break (also, I would imagine people in general tend to spend less time of facebook and more time with friends and family during the holidays). The weekends are similar; I'm sure facebook usage declines over the weekend - therefore term usage for all words would decline over that time period as well.

Anyway, I thought it was funny the term "vagina" had a big spike on Valentines day. I also thought it was cool when you entered football teams to see the spikes on all the Sundays.

Re: Facebook Tracks Trends With Lexicon Service

Nick O'Neill — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:34:47 -0000

Thank you for that insightful analysis Walter :)

Re: Facebook Tracks Trends With Lexicon Service

Walter — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:25:36 -0000

Actually, I found a strange seasonal fluctuation in the terms "sex, marriage, condom, virgin" that had all four terms dipping during the Holiday season. They also seem to take a dip every weekend which is kinda strange.