Impact of social in games
While there are thousands of games out there, all with different playstyles, the most popular games that last the longest are often times those that feature a multiplayer structure rather than a single-player game. Examples of this kind of game include: War of Warcraft, League of Legends, or Fortnite, and the main reason that they are […]
Amazon Prime Backlash and Information Cascade
Amazon has been known for its many bad practices including the dire circumstances of workers in the warehouse, monopolistic practices to tax avoidance, environmental damage, and more. This is all old news, but this year, media companies have been openly discouraging readers from shopping at Amazon. Tech site Gizmodo previously called Prime “the best deal […]
Machine Learning Provides Deeper Insight Into Photo Sharing Cascades on Facebook
Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/525821/the-curious-nature-of-sharing-cascades-on-facebook/ Millions of people share billions of videos and photos on Facebook annually. Some posts tend to be re-shared a few times, while others explode in popularity and cascade throughout a chain of re-shares, reaching millions of views. Once a post becomes popular, we may be able to better see why it had reached that […]
Neural Networks and Finding Coronal Holes in the Sun
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.05748.pdf In Chapter 2, we talked about networks in the natural world. However, although a neural network was briefly mentioned in regards to an organism’s brain, it was not expanded upon. Broadly speaking, a neural network is computer system modeled on the human brain where the neurons act as nodes and an edge represents a […]
Fake Information Cascades vs the Truth
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1146 In this article, the author talks about how fake news travels faster than the truth. They examine why this is true. The general idea is that things that are more unbelievable generally spread faster. Large social networks such as Facebook and Twitter can be responsible for spreading misinformation on a large scale. There […]
Using tipping point to improve business
https://yourbusiness.azcentral.com/apply-the-tipping-point-marketing-16491.html Tipping point is the the critical moment when an event, trend, or product ceases to be marginal and becomes massive. The concept is based on the premise that trends spread like a virus, and become contagious via society. Tipping point is really important when it comes to marketing. In order for a new business […]
It’s True: False News Spreads Faster and Wider. And Humans Are to Blame.
It is common knowledge that in this digital age, news through the social media disseminate at an unprecedented rate, where each one of us, through our own connections, are active catalysts of this propagation. With the spread of news, however, comes the inevitable proliferation of fake news, which a recent study from MIT reveals to […]
Networks Effects on the Shift to Virtual Reality Systems
In recent years, we have seen amazing new technology in the realm of virtual reality. From gaming to watching movies, virtual reality has taken almost every way we enjoy technology and improved on it — there’s even an app that lets you connect a virtual reality headset to your computer, so you can do all […]
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