471 citations · 568 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for
Showing 2014Show all
2 papers · 1 filter
cs.SI2014
The Social Name-Letter Effect on Online Social Networks
Farshad Kooti, Gabriel Magno, Ingmar Weber
The Name-Letter Effect states that people have a preference for brands, places, and even jobs that start with the same letter as their own first name. So Sam might like Snickers an…
cs.SI2014★ 19 cited
Network Weirdness: Exploring the Origins of Network Paradoxes
Farshad Kooti, Nathan O. Hodas, Kristina Lerman
Social networks have many counter-intuitive properties, including the "friendship paradox" that states, on average, your friends have more friends than you do. Recently, a variety…