论文标题
subreddit链接推动社区创建和reddit上的用户参与度
Subreddit Links Drive Community Creation and User Engagement on Reddit
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论文摘要
在reddit上，单个子reddits用于组织内容并连接用户。一种互动方式是subreddit链接，当用户直接引用另一个社区的子雷迪特时，会发生这种链接。基于这些参考文献的普遍性，我们已经对Reddit的子雷迪特链接进行了一项研究，目的是了解它们对参考的Subreddit的影响以及整个Subreddit景观。通过一项广泛的观察性研究以及使用Reddit的整个历史的几个自然实验，我们能够确定（1）（1）子雷迪特链接是新的Suberdit创建的重要驱动力； （2）在引用的子雷迪特中实质上驱动活动的子雷迪特链接（2a），并且（2b）经常是针对引用的subreddit中的高水平活动而创建的； （3）随着时间的推移，子雷迪特链接的图变得越来越少，越来越多。最后，我们讨论了这些结果如何证实，增加以及在某些情况下与在线社交系统中有关信息寻求行为和自组织行为的现有理论冲突。
On Reddit, individual subreddits are used to organize content and connect users. One mode of interaction is the subreddit link, which occurs when a user makes a direct reference to a subreddit in another community. Based on the ubiquity of these references, we have undertaken a study on subreddit links on Reddit, with the goal of understanding their impact on both the referenced subreddit, and on the subreddit landscape as a whole. By way of an extensive observational study along with several natural experiments using the entire history of Reddit, we were able to determine that (1) subreddit links are a significant driver of new suberddit creation; (2) subreddit links (2a) substantially drive activity in the referenced subreddit, and (2b) are frequently created in response to high levels of activity in the referenced subreddit; and (3) the graph of subreddit links has become less dense and more treelike over time. We conclude with a discussion of how these results confirm, add to, and in some cases conflict with existing theories on information-seeking behavior and self-organizing behavior in online social systems.
