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AUTOR(ES) Alexandria Bruns , Darryl Woodford , Troy Sadkowsky
ANO Não informado
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO First Monday
ISSN 1396-0466
E-ISSN 1396-0466
DOI 10.5210/fm.v19i4.5211
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18

Resumo

The analysis of content and meta–data has long been the subject of most Twitter studies, however such research only tells part of the story of the development of Twitter as a platform. In this work, we introduce a methodology to determine the growth patterns of individual users of the platform, a technique we refer to as follower accession, and through a number of case studies consider the factors which lead to follower growth, and the identification of non–authentic followers. Finally, we consider what such an approach tells us about the history of the platform itself, and the way in which changes to the new user signup process have impacted upon users..

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