Twitter’s strongest users are leaving the platform, weakening its hold on the Social Media space
Recently released documents show that although the Twitter userbase remains steady, it is losing its engagement with its most active users on the platform. This threatens to destabilize the social network of twitter as the “central nodes” of its network are more likely to leave and decrease overall engagement. The article discusses how Twitter’s “heavy […]
How does DuckDuckGo’s privacy features affect search engine algorithms like PageRank?
Google is the most popular search engine, capturing “over 80% of the market share.” In class, we learned about PageRank, an algorithm that plays a part in sorting results from a search query. DuckDuckGo is a search engine that advertises itself as a secure and private platform that stops users from being contained in a […]
Your LIfe is Driven by Network Effects
Your LIfe is Driven by Network Effects By James Currier Link : https://www.nfx.com/post/your-life-network-effects James Currier is a sociologist that studies human interaction with the world around them. He wrote the article, “Your Life is Driven by Network Effects,” to show that realistically, we are not in charge of the decisions we make, but rather […]
The New York City Bike Lane Bounty
For bike commuters, couriers, and enthusiasts in New York City, the huge amount of obstructions, and danger of the city’s bike lanes have become an all-too familiar sight. To provide some context, NYC is known to have one of the most expansive bike lane networks in the United States, being home to hundreds of thousands […]
Using Networks, Blockchain, and Game Theory To Ensure Privacy on the Web
Quanta Magazine recently interviewed Harry Halpin, an MIT research scientist and CEO of NYM Technologies, about his work on internet privacy. The internet, in its current state, has a large privacy problem. Much of the past cryptography research aimed at maintaining internet security has dealt with encryption, ensuring that nobody can tell what you send […]
Sorority rush is a matching market
One of the biggest components of college is Greek life. At Cornell, for example, around 1/3, or 33% of the student population is involved in Greek life. (“Sorority and Fraternity Life”) This includes both females and males. Female students are generally involved in a sorority, or a sisterhood, while males are involved in a fraternity […]
The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend: the Structural Balance Property in International Relations
There is an old saying “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” This is taken to be common sense. Two countries which have negative relations with a third country can work together to ensure that their mutual enemy does not become too powerful. This is one of the examples of the Structural Balance Property. […]
Are You The One?: The Hardest Perfect Matching Problem Invented
When searching for love, the biggest question many young singles ask themselves is: Are you the one? Applicants to participate on a national reality TV show, “Are You the One?” were used in a dating algorithm that maximizes compatibility using in-depth interviews, questioning, and compatibility testing to determine each person’s “perfect match.” Often there are […]
You, as a Network
As social media becomes an increasingly integral part of life. Some are starting to discuss how Instagram and other social media platforms understand you better than friends and family do in real life. In class, we often talk about social media as a larger web that connects individual nodes (people), but we don’t really zoom […]
Youtube: How do you do it?
When we search up content on Youtube, why are some videos at the top whereas the others are in the later pages? We learned in class about how content is displayed on websites and how that affects how likely a user is going to click on the particular video through the clickthrough rate. How often […]
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