2 ways in which Spam can affect your Twitterology 1. Looking at an ego-centered personal community of tweeps when a large chunk of them are spammers will affect the size and network structure of your findings. 2. Looking at the geographical spread of tweeps (a whole network analysis), when a large chunk of spammers .... Of course, YMMV Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________