Facebook just launched a new Google Trends-esque toy called Lexicon:
Today we’re announcing the launch of Facebook Lexicon, a tool where you can see the buzz surrounding different words and phrases on Facebook Walls. Lexicon pulls from the wealth of data on Facebook without collecting any personal information in order to respect everyone’s privacy.
Basically they look at what everyone types on their walls, and then reports popularity across time. Here’s a graph of the phrases “party tonight” vs “hangover”. This is probably the funniest phase shift I have seen in 2 dimensions.
What other people have to say:
Awesome stuff!
So did you do this piece of research on your own? Publish it man! Here is statistical proof that hangovers are caused by partying!
A few observations:
haha, no, this was an example query in the application… I came up with some unique ones of my own, most of them were too controversial to post :P
To answer your questions, here are my theories:
Overall, the spikes are also a tell-tale sign of Facebook usage; far more users log in to the website over the weekends, compared to weekdays. I wish they would provide a normalized graph as well.
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