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An Empirical Study on Team Formation in Online Games
Essa Alhazmi, Sameera Horawalavithana, Adriana Iamnitchi +2
Online games provide a rich recording of interactions that can contribute to our understanding of human behavior. One potential lesson is to understand what motivates people to cho…
Hate is not Binary: Studying Abusive Behavior of #GamerGate on Twitter
Despoina Chatzakou, Nicolas Kourtellis, Jeremy Blackburn +3
Over the past few years, online bullying and aggression have become increasingly prominent, and manifested in many different forms on social media. However, there is little work an…
The Web Centipede: Understanding How Web Communities Influence Each Other Through the Lens of Mainstream and Alternative News Sources
Savvas Zannettou, Tristan Caulfield, Emiliano De Cristofaro +5
As the number and the diversity of news outlets on the Web grow, so does the opportunity for "alternative" sources of information to emerge. Using large social networks like Twitte…
I Would Not Plant Apple Trees If the World Will Be Wiped: Analyzing Hundreds of Millions of Behavioral Records of Players During an MMORPG Beta Test
Ah Reum Kang, Jeremy Blackburn, Haewoon Kwak +1
In this work, we use player behavior during the closed beta test of the MMORPG ArcheAge as a proxy for an extreme situation: at the end of the closed beta test, all user data is de…
Measuring #GamerGate: A Tale of Hate, Sexism, and Bullying
Despoina Chatzakou, Nicolas Kourtellis, Jeremy Blackburn +3
Over the past few years, online aggression and abusive behaviors have occurred in many different forms and on a variety of platforms. In extreme cases, these incidents have evolved…
Mean Birds: Detecting Aggression and Bullying on Twitter
Despoina Chatzakou, Nicolas Kourtellis, Jeremy Blackburn +3
In recent years, bullying and aggression against users on social media have grown significantly, causing serious consequences to victims of all demographics. In particular, cyberbu…