A quick use case for Social Network Analysisusing gephi

My facebook account

A map of my facebook account.Each colour represents a cluster of people

1. My hometown - green2. High school dark blue top3. Undergrad light blue4. Travelling friends - orange5. My mother's family right pink6. My father's family right purple7. UPEI - purple8. Edtech - left pink

Now the clusters have names.

The groups, of course, interact. Here is my high school and hometown. Notice Cindy's (my sister) connections.

The @bonstewart (my partner) Nexus

Edtech

Outliers8 people unconnected to anyone else in my network

Among the things SNA can tell usWhat networks do i have

How do they interact

Who are the most important connectors

Who is being left out