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…