Paul Revere’s Random Ride: Metadata And Social Attribute Networks
Like everyone else, I read Kieran Healy’s post on Paul Revere, the mostly highly connected person in Boston circa 1770. Healy, a sociologist at Duke, …
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Tipping the Giant
I spent part of a long rainy afternoon two weekends ago slaying a Giant with a small pebble. No, it wasn’t a new video game. …
The Diagram that Explains Why the Tipping Point is Wrong
To review, the theory behind viral marketing is that influencers infect their neighbors with an idea, preferably related to purchasing something. These neighbors then spread …