I heard it through the grapevine, and I’m just about to lose my mind
Conversations on news sites show how information and ideas spread.
There’s a science behind the comments on websites. It’s actually quite predictable how much chatter a post on Slashdot or Wikipedia will attract, according to a new study of several websites with large user bases. (…)
The findings give hope to social scientists trying to understand broader phenomena, like how rumors about a candidate spread during a campaign or how information about street protests flows out of a country with state-controlled media.
photo { Michael Casker }
