Magic Index

Matt Stratton | Jun 3, 2003 min read

So I did this like a year ago…and some things just haven’t changed…

You can make LJ tell you which users match up to you the most…just hop to https://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?mode=findsim_do&user=mugsy1274, but replace “mugsy1274” with your LJ name.

Each matching user gets computed a magic index, which is a weighting of two factors: the raw number of like interests, and some extra points for sharing uncommon interests.

So here’s the people on my “friends” list that match up…

  1. – 28.595 (she was tops then, and she’s still tops)

  2. – 24.799 (I guess we indie filmmaker nerds are all alike)

  3. – 19.855 (I think this is how I found her to be on my friends list in the first place)

  4. – 18.494 ( know this is how he ended up on m list)

  5. – 16.098 (she’s moved up from 11.214 a year ago)

In case you’re wondering…here is the list of interests that and I have in common:

acting

david sedaris

frank sinatra

humor

improv

john cusack

kevin spacey

sarcasm

sushi

the big lebowski

the onion

tom robbins

wine