TY - GEN
T1 - An analysis of friend circles of Facebook users
AU - Erdin, Esra
AU - Klukovich, Eric
AU - Gunes, Mehmet Hadi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/12/24
Y1 - 2015/12/24
N2 - The Internet has spawned many different information exchange systems ranging from file sharing to online social networking. Online social networks (OSNs) have gained significant popularity and are considered to be some the most visited sites. OSN users can interact with friends through various features such as connecting with friends, establishing new friendships, sharing photos and videos, and commenting on each others posts. As digital interactions supersede over physical interactions, it is important to understand how users interact over such digital platforms. Moreover, understanding OSN traffic patterns is valuable when designing new OSN platforms and managing content distribution networks. In this study, we provide analysis of online activities that happen around a user, i.e. circles. To better understand activities in a user's friend circle, we developed a Facebook application that monitored the walls of several Facebook users. In particular, we obtained statistics of every post shared with the user by their friends, circles, for 16 volunteers that provided continuous measurements for 15 days.
AB - The Internet has spawned many different information exchange systems ranging from file sharing to online social networking. Online social networks (OSNs) have gained significant popularity and are considered to be some the most visited sites. OSN users can interact with friends through various features such as connecting with friends, establishing new friendships, sharing photos and videos, and commenting on each others posts. As digital interactions supersede over physical interactions, it is important to understand how users interact over such digital platforms. Moreover, understanding OSN traffic patterns is valuable when designing new OSN platforms and managing content distribution networks. In this study, we provide analysis of online activities that happen around a user, i.e. circles. To better understand activities in a user's friend circle, we developed a Facebook application that monitored the walls of several Facebook users. In particular, we obtained statistics of every post shared with the user by their friends, circles, for 16 volunteers that provided continuous measurements for 15 days.
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U2 - 10.1109/LCNW.2015.7365914
DO - 10.1109/LCNW.2015.7365914
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84962184055
T3 - Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN
SP - 680
EP - 686
BT - Proceedings of the 40th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2015
A2 - Kanhere, Salil
A2 - Cherkaoui, Soumaya
A2 - Tolle, Jens
T2 - 40th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2015
Y2 - 26 October 2015 through 29 October 2015
ER -