1. A computer-implemented method for directing communications to a set of nodes in a social network on a plurality of computerized hosts, the method comprising: defining a target space of data on a computer, the target space having a plurality of points and a set of configurable parameters, using a computer; computing an elastic map of the target space based on a plurality of relationship measures of a plurality of nodes in a social network on a plurality of computerized hosts, using a computer; and directing a plurality of communications to a set of nodes of the plurality of nodes in the social network based on a geometry of the computed elastic map of the target space.