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Patterns, Models, and Challenges in Online Social Media: A Survey
Niccolò Di Marco, Anita Bonetti, Edoardo Di Martino +10
The rise of digital platforms has enabled the large scale observation of individual and collective behavior through high resolution interaction data. This development has opened ne…
Generative Exaggeration in LLM Social Agents: Consistency, Bias, and Toxicity
Jacopo Nudo, Mario Edoardo Pandolfo, Edoardo Loru +3
We investigate how Large Language Models (LLMs) behave when simulating political discourse on social media. Leveraging 21 million interactions on X during the 2024 U.S. presidentia…
Towards global equity in political polarization research
Max Falkenberg, Matteo Cinelli, Alessandro Galeazzi +18
With a folk understanding that political polarization refers to socio-political divisions within a society, many have proclaimed that we are more divided than ever. In this account…
Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior and Information Spreading on Twitter
Matteo Cinelli, Stefano Cresci, Walter Quattrociocchi +2
We explore the effects of coordinated users (i.e., users characterized by an unexpected, suspicious, or exceptional similarity) in information spreading on Twitter by quantifying t…
The simulation of judgment in LLMs
Edoardo Loru, Jacopo Nudo, Niccolò Di Marco +6
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly embedded in evaluative processes, from information filtering to assessing and addressing knowledge gaps through explanation and credib…
From Niche to Mainstream: Community Size and Engagement in Social Media Conversations
Jacopo Nudo, Matteo Cinelli, Andrea Baronchelli +1
The architecture of public discourse has been profoundly reshaped by social media platforms, which mediate interactions at an unprecedented scale and complexity. This study analyze…