Facebook data team released its year-end list, named “Facebook Memology“.
Facebook explains:
“To generate the list, we started by looking at how many times each phrase with length from one-to-four words occurred in U.S. Facebook status updates, then we computed the rate at which each phrase occurred in 2009 compared to 2008. Using some data-mining methods detailed here, we analyzed important bursts in activity around words and series of words to find the key trends for the year. All personally identifiable information was removed from the status updates to conduct this analysis, and no one at Facebook read the individual status updates.”
Facebooks Top Topics for 2009
Facebook provides a very detailed analysis of their top 15 Facebook status trends, but most are self-explanatory.
Tue, Dec 22, 2009
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