Social Work

A meritocratic network formation model for the rise of social media influencers

N. Pagan, W. Mei, et al.

Dive into the innovative world of directed network formation on social media! This research, conducted by Nicolò Pagan, Wenjun Mei, Cheng Li, and Florian Dörfler, reveals how users follow fellow creators based on the quality of their content. Get ready to uncover a model that predicts user interactions follow Zipf's law, supported by fascinating Twitch data!

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