Observing the Evolution of Communities

Cave Drawings 30000 BC

Writing: 3200 BC (Sumerian cuneiform)

Bush’s camera on the head

Memex

Sketch of memex

oNLine System- NLS, 1968(Doug Englebart, SRI)

Xanadu (Ted Nelson ~1960-???)

A Network of Knowledge

Two Key Ingredients

Linked Open Data cloud

Complex Social Behaviour

The Social Media Bazaar

Understanding Communities

User Role Analysis

User Role Analysis: Orthogonal Features

Role Analysis

Example

Analysis of Forums

Personal Issues Forum

Christianity vs Weather

Windows, Development, Politics

Humanities Forum

The Evolution of Communities

Motivation

Cross-Community Effects

Methodology Pipeline

Community & Topic Detection

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A Network of Knowledge is more than just data…