Spamology is an interesting data visualization project, where the artist uses keyword frequency from spam to form a little miniature city. The more frequent the keywords, the higher and higher they stack. Before you go looking for the “Viagra” skyscraper and the “Rolex” tower, it’s common words (like “with”) that appear the most.
Click “i” for instructions on how to navigate around this little city.
Know what’s creepy about it? The city has an uncanny resemblance to Lagos, Nigeria:
Fun little app. Another spam visualisation I came across recently was the Google Spam Map.. well ok, Google Postini – but spam map sounds more fun:
http://www.google.com/postini/threat_network.html
So, this is a way old post, but never the less I clicked on the link. Let’s just say it leads to a nsfw website now.
WOW. Where’s that clear cache button again? Thanks. I’ve killed the links.