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CSCW
2010
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Same places, same things, same people?: mining user similarity on social media
In this work we examine nine different sources for user similarity as reflected by activity in social media applications. We suggest a classification of these sources into three c...
Ido Guy, Michal Jacovi, Adam Perer, Inbal Ronen, E...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Social network activity and social well-being
Previous research has shown a relationship between use of social networking sites and feelings of social capital. However, most studies have relied on self-reports by college stud...
Moira Burke, Cameron Marlow, Thomas M. Lento
JOT
2007
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13 years 7 months ago
On Reflecting Visitors' Opinions Fairly and Accurately on the Web
Today very popular Web portal sites, social networking sites, online media sites, commerce sites, etc., provide platforms for millions of visitors to visit daily and express their...
Won Kim, Hyungsuk Ji, Hyunseung Choo
CCS
2010
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
A privacy recommendation wizard for users of social networking sites
Privacy is a huge problem for users of social networking sites. While sites like Facebook allow individual users to personalize fine-grained privacy settings, this has proven quit...
Lujun Fang, Heedo Kim, Kristen LeFevre, Aaron Tami
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Feed me: motivating newcomer contribution in social network sites
Social networking sites (SNS) are only as good as the content their users share. Therefore, designers of SNS seek to improve the overall user experience by encouraging members to ...
Moira Burke, Cameron Marlow, Thomas M. Lento