In this paper we describe the development of a platform that enables us to systematically study online social networks alongside their real-world counterparts. Our system, entitle...
This study suggests reasons for the absence of a growing proportion of the population, the so-called baby boomers, from the otherwise highly popular social networking sites. We ex...
Information about online presence allows participants of instant messaging (IM) systems to determine whether their prospective communication partners will be able to answer their ...
Karsten Loesing, Markus Dorsch, Martin Grote, Knut...
Social networks are of interest to researchers in part because they are thought to mediate the flow of information in communities and organizations. Here we study the temporal dyn...
Gueorgi Kossinets, Jon M. Kleinberg, Duncan J. Wat...
Online social networks are a growing internet phenomenon: they connect millions of individuals through sharing of common interests, political and religious views, careers, etc. So...