Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Forecasting contagious ideas: 'Infectivity' models accurately predict tweet lifespan

Estimating tweet infectivity from the first 50 retweets is the key to predicting whether a tweet will go viral, according to a new study published in PLOS ONE on April 17, 2019 by Li Weihua from Beihang University, China and colleagues.

* This article was originally published here