The Nietz » Olympics http://www.thenietz.com Sniffing out tech Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:16:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Visualizing Information: Olympic hockey on facebook http://www.thenietz.com/2010/03/01/visualizing-information-olympic-hockey-on-facebook/ http://www.thenietz.com/2010/03/01/visualizing-information-olympic-hockey-on-facebook/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:18:50 +0000 Stephen http://www.thenietz.com/?p=182 From Techcrunch, This is what the USA v Canada hockey game looked like on facebook:

USA vs Canada

The first big spike comes 24 seconds before the game end, when the US scored tied the game.  A few minutes later, a giant spike when Canada won the gold.  3.5 million status updates.

source: [TechCrunch]

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