2 papers
cs.SI2025
Comparing User Activity on X and Mastodon
Shiori Hironaka, Mitsuo Yoshida, Kazuyuki Shudo
The "Fediverse", a federation of decentralized social media servers, has emerged after a decade in which centralized platforms like X (formerly Twitter) have dominated the landscap…
cs.SI2025
Prestige bias drives the viral spread of content reposted by influencers in online communities
Takuro Niitsuma, Mitsuo Yoshida, Hideaki Tamori +1
Cultural evolution theory suggests that prestige bias - whereby individuals preferentially learn from prestigious figures - has played a key role in human ecological success. Howev…