Facebook Friendship Map

Paul Butler, an intern at facebook, has created a map of facebook relationships. Relationships are represented by great circle arcs connecting the locations of two friends. The result is a great looking map of the relationships on facebook:

Interesting (… but scary)!

Vincos from vincosblog has compiled a series of world maps showcasing the distribution of different social networks worldwide and the changes over the last 18 months. The maps clearly show facebook taking over :