This research explores how to communicate an individuals’ self-reported emotional state to members of their personal social network, through automatic, computer-generated, perso...
We pose a fundamental question in understanding how to identify and design successful communities: What factors predict whether a community will grow and survive in the long term?...
In recent years, social networking sites (SNSs) gained high popularity among Internet users as they combine the best of both worlds: befriending people outside real life situation...
We analyze the structure and evolution of discussion cascades in four popular websites: Slashdot, Barrapunto, Meneame and Wikipedia. Despite the big heterogeneities between these ...
Activity and user engagement in social media such as web logs, wikis, online forums or social networks has been increasing at unprecedented rates. In relation to social behavior i...