How does information spread on Facebook? by fb data scientist Lada Adamic

This month, Facebook data scientist Lada Adamic will reveal how information spreads on Facebook.

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On many social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, resharing or reposting functionality allows users to share other people's content with friends or followers. As content is reshared from user to user, large cascades of reshares can form. Lada Adamic will reveal how Facebook reshare cascades are formed and discuss how they can be predicted based on e.g. content, author, and diffusion structure.