Imagineyouwanttousesocialinformationtofilteryouremail.

a. Which messageswouldyouwanttoappearfirst?

b. Using GephiorNodeXL,createyouremailnetwork.

c. Which peopleappeartobemostimportantinthatnetwork?Which measuresdidyouusetodeterminethat?

d. What socialnetworkcharacteristicswoulddefinethepeoplewhose messagesyouthinkaremostimportant?Thesecouldbestructuralnetwork statistics orrelationship-basedinformation(liketrustortiestrength).

e. How wouldyouremailprogramcomputethecharacteristicsdescribedin

(d)? Whatfactorsshoulditconsider?

f. Look atthelast50emailmessagesyoureceivedorthatremaininyour inbox. Rankthemintermsofimportance.Youcoulduseascale(e.g., 1
10) orasimplerranking(e.g.,high,medium,low).

g. Compute asmanyofthecharacteristicsdescribedin(e)asyoucan.Use those torankyouremailmessagesintermsofimportanceaccordingtothe statistics.

h. How welldoesyoursocialnetworkrankingmatchupwiththerankingyou did in(f)?Canyouthinkofwaystoimprovetherankingbasedonthese results?