In this paper we describe the results of a controlled study of a social game, Magpies, which was built on the Facebook Online Social Network (OSN) and enhanced with contextual soc...
Ben Kirman, Shaun Lawson, Conor Linehan, Francesco...
Social network-based systems usually suffer from two major limitations: they tend to rely on a single data source (e.g. email traffic), and the form of network patterns is often p...
Yevgeniy Eugene Medynskiy, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Aym...
This study examines the publically available stories of selfidentified successful couples that met using the online dating services Match.com, eHarmony, or OkCupid. We enumerate f...
Christopher M. Mascaro, Rachel M. Magee, Sean P. G...
We analyze the social network emerging from the user comment activity on the website Slashdot. The network presents common features of traditional social networks such as a giant ...
History repeatedly demonstrates that rural communities have unique technological needs. Yet, we know little about how rural communities use modern technologies, so we lack knowled...
Eric Gilbert, Karrie Karahalios, Christian Sandvig