Social Network For Analytic Professionals

Social networks more popular in Europe and Asia?

Why do so many large analytic networks, on LinkedIn in particular, are created by people outside US: in India, UK, Continental Europe etc?

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Permalink Reply by Eric on November 26, 2008 at 6:58am: Vincent,
Interesting question.
Are cultural traits in other societies more conducive to social networks ?
I think your observation about analytic networks (or social networks) originating outside of the US is accurate. Certain fraud patterns I've studied suggest social networks are more prevalent within in certain cultural/racial groups in America.
So, what are the (fill-in-the-blank) implications if social networks (good and bad ones) are culturally manifested, and more prevalent outside of the US ?

Goggle's first few search results include :
This paper (not for citation) refers to the importance of cultural acquisition and identity.
And this article describes "a study of worldwide usage of social networking sites, indicating that while the growth in new users in North America is beginning to level off, it is burgeoning in other regions around the world. During the past year, the total North American audience of social networkers has grown 9 percent compared to a much larger 25 percent growth for the world at large. The Middle East-Africa region (up 66 percent), Europe (up 35 percent), and Latin America (up 33 percent) have each grown at well-above average rates."

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Permalink Reply by Vincent Granville on November 26, 2008 at 1:34pm: Hi Eric,

I think people outside US have a more difficult time finding jobs or being accepted in large associations (many being based in US), and thus these people are more interested in growing a network online (social network), especially since it can be accomplished at a much lower cost, and the reward is higher.

In most places where unemployment or under-employment is above 30%, if you want to get an analytic job and you don't want to be unemployed for more than 12 months, you need to do something special -- and social networking is one way to improve your odds.

Also, these places with dramatic unemployement rates and good education (e.g. Wallonia) have created the best and most intelligent fraudsters in the world (Ph.D computer scientists with no other options other than running sophisticated fraud schemes, for a living).

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