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Last edited May 12, 2017
Created on May 12, 2017
This example shows a real-time chat application where users exchange messages through a Node.js server. The visualization tracks message flow and user activity using a force-directed graph rendered with D3.js’s `d3.forceSimulation` for node positioning and link physics. Each user appears as a node, with edges connecting them to messages they send, while color and size encode online status and message frequency. The code uses Socket.IO for live data updates and D3’s `transition.attrTween` to animate new nodes and links smoothly as events arrive, making the conversation pattern immediately visible.
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