From Niche to Mainstream: Community Size and Engagement in Social Media Conversations

[email protected] (Paul W. Schleck)
Newsgroups alt.fan.usenet,alt.culture.usenet,news.groups
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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"For Gab and Usenet, it is possible to observe how, as the number of
users in a conversation increases, the typical number of comments shifts
away from localization values equal to one. While on Reddit and Voat,
user engagement initially increases with the number of participants,
peaking around 150 users. Beyond this threshold, additional participants
reduce marginal engagement, likely due to conversational noise or
decreased cohesion."

https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12076
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