Google+ Follower Count vs. Time
I began informally recording my Google+ follower count in June 2013 when it reached 9,000. Below, is a plot of these values from 6/13/2013 through 8/1/2015.
Here are some observations:
• The plot is comprised of 2 fairly linear segments
• The slope sharply decreased circa December 2013, likely due to Google engineers tuning their social networking algorithm parameters. Suddenly, gaining new followers on Google+ became much more difficult. I call this early period its 'inflationary' period after the inflationary epoch in Cosmology/Big Bang, during which the Google+ team was trying to rapidly increase its user base.
• The slopes are fairly constant in spite of large variations in post frequency and post popularity (one of my posts had almost 300,000 views goo.gl/zOtNZd April 5, 2014, but can you see a jump in the plot?)
#googleplus #algorithm #socialnetworking
I began informally recording my Google+ follower count in June 2013 when it reached 9,000. Below, is a plot of these values from 6/13/2013 through 8/1/2015.
Here are some observations:
• The plot is comprised of 2 fairly linear segments
• The slope sharply decreased circa December 2013, likely due to Google engineers tuning their social networking algorithm parameters. Suddenly, gaining new followers on Google+ became much more difficult. I call this early period its 'inflationary' period after the inflationary epoch in Cosmology/Big Bang, during which the Google+ team was trying to rapidly increase its user base.
• The slopes are fairly constant in spite of large variations in post frequency and post popularity (one of my posts had almost 300,000 views goo.gl/zOtNZd April 5, 2014, but can you see a jump in the plot?)
#googleplus #algorithm #socialnetworking
