The Chart
FAQ

What is it?

A chart of L/B connections that we know of, in Cambridge. If you watch the L Word the concept will be pretty familiar.

How does it work?

Hmm. It's probably best described by the original e-mail sent out to the CUSU L/B (soc-lbg-blue [at] lists.cam - if you're not on it you should be!) mailing list.

On 25 Mar 2008 22:22:46 +0000, <*****@cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend!
>
> Um, I have a confession to make. A few weeks ago a friend (who wishes
> to remain anonymous...) and I were, er, really bored. So, channelling
> the spirit of Alice Pieszecki, we tried to chart all the L/B Cambridge
> connections we were aware of, ala 'The Chart' from the L Word.
>
> We thought it was quite interesting, so we stripped the names and have
> been trialling it for a bit with a few people, and pretty much
> everyone has liked it. So, after much deliberation, we present to you:
>
> http://www.thechart.co.nr
>
> It's a little small, but it's ALL true, and it's all people in
> Cambridge. So far it's only people that we know, though, and we want
> to make it bigger and more relevant to everyone. So please help us!
>
> Here's how we hope it might work:
>
> 1. Send us details of your (and your friends') histories, exploits,
> conquests, crushes etc. - send even if you've told us / we're supposed
> to know already, I for one have the memory of a goldfish and will need
> reminding...
>
> (e.g. "A pulled B who then went out with C" - etc.)
>
> 2. We'll strip names and such and add only the connections to the Chart
>
> 3. Names and who submitted it will be kept strictly confidential and
> taken with us to the grave. (But please don't try to expedite this.)
>
> A few FAQs:
>
> - Why are there no names?
>
> A lot of people don't want to be named explicitly on the Chart and
> some of the information is supposedly sensitive, but people don't seem
> to mind if it's all anonymous. We're only interested in the
> connections, anyway. And you can have a lot of fun trying to figure
> out who's who...
>
> - Why are you doing this? Are you trying to hoard info on everyone?
>
> Hmm, well, it's meant to be a bit of light-hearted fun. And the
> connectivity / geometry is interesting, don't you want to see how it
> all unravels? No, we really couldn't care less about your specifics,
> unfortunately we need the names to add to the Chart, sorry. But we
> swear we won't ever ever use it for anything beyond that.
>
> - You need something better to do / a life / girlfriend / pet.
>
> Agreed. Any takers?
>
> Anyway, please please please contribute, it's pointless without your
> input, we know there's a lot of information missing, we haven't heard
> of it being done in real life elsewhere before and would love to see
> all of the Cambridge L/B scene charted in its full glory... come on,
> wouldn't you?
>
> Discussion / criticism / suggestions welcome. Contributions very
> welcome and a contributor selected at random will be rewarded with
> chocolate. Serious.
>
> Much love,
>
> Loren & anonymous friend & co.
>

So where do I send information?

thechart.cb {at} gmail {dot} com

How has response been so far?

Hmm, quite good I think. Compare the original version I drunkenly drew on a napkin after a bad night at Life:



- to the version attained after a deep and philosophical discussion over Facebook with Mme Anonymous Friend. Aww, it looks so tiny now.



Response after 24 hours of public release:



So, yep, not bad really. On the first day we got more hits than stjohnsmayball.com.