The last redesign of the site Mashable among its new features, the Velocity Graph ! This indicator appears at the top right of all sections of the site Mashable , on the same line as the sharing buttons social networks.

The Velocity Graph is what?

according to the InfoWindow this overview of the graph, the “ Velocity Graph shows how fast people share the article on the social networks “(article how quickly spreads).

According to Mashable, the Velocity Graph is a predictive algorithm (developed internally) that can identify time items that have the greatest potential for virality . Thus, the content identified by the Velocity Graph will be highlighted on the site Mashable, a new area called: The Next Big Thing that will contain the content that will make the buzz / one of the Web. As you can see below on the homepage of the category of Social Media Mashable:

I find the idea very interesting, but the indicator on each item lack of information as an indication of time, for example, can not realize what time is virality. And you, what do you think? The Plugin is Currently under development by the Yatuts Team. Check here.