August 4, 2002


  • Here's some info I sent along to seanmeister to assist him in determining whether the Atomz search capabilities (introduced in the blog below this) can be of use to him:



    Now for an little insightful fun:


    Over a year ago, I conducted a word-usage survey of Xanga using Xanga's search.  The problem even then was that Xanga's search would fail if "too many results" of the word returned (Oops! Too many results, please try different keywords.) --meaning you couldn't search the most popular terms/notions!


    My search of my subscribers, though a select and not random sample of 605 from all of Xanga (e.g., the "Azn contingent" is severely, though not totally, under-represented), is not subject to the above constraint. Hence, it's now time for...


    Our Priorities??? 


    Even though this is far from scientific, a casual Search Survey of a Sample of Xanga Says:

























































































































































    # of 605 subs

    love 361 59.7%
    work 341 56.4%
    life 335 55.4%
    mom/mother 207 34.2%
    man 188 31.1%
    god 184 30.4%
    music 176 29.1%
    fun 174 28.8%
    dad/father 130 21.5%
    money 116 19.2%
    mom 109 18.0%
    fuck 108 17.9%
    water 104 17.2%
    woman   99 16.4%
    mother   98 16.2%
    food   92 15.2%
    death   85 14.0%
    cat   84 13.9%
    dad   81 13.4%
    fire   77 12.7%
    dog   72 11.9%
    sex   72 11.9%
    truth   65 10.7%
    boyfriend   52   8.6%
    father   49   8.1%
    drugs   49   8.1%
    girlfriend   48   7.9%
    war   46   7.6%
    freedom   37   6.1%
    whore   24   4.0%
    devil   15   2.5%
    monkey   12   2.0%
    penis     5   0.8%
    cunt     4   0.7%
    vagina     3   0.5%



    note: these results include at least one mention of the term in the last five blogs of my subscribers plus their published profile, if displayed.


    Of course, these are all yanked out of context.  And some words like *man* and *drugs* can be generic or specific.


    Draw your own conclusions--or none.  All I can say is: thank God that work isn't at the top of the list!

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