Have you ever wondered why some forum threads seem to get 'stale' quickly?
Original article can be found here:
http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/10/7/3/1
Scintilating discussion and thoughtful insight can be found here:
http://science.slashdot.org/science/06/ ... 6216.shtml
"Statistical physicists working in the US and Hungary have found that the number of people reading a particular news story on the web decreases with time by a power law, rather than exponentially as was previously thought. The finding has implications for the study of information flow in social networks, marketing and web design."
Original article can be found here:
http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/10/7/3/1
Scintilating discussion and thoughtful insight can be found here:
http://science.slashdot.org/science/06/ ... 6216.shtml