h i g h l i g h t s • We analysed the relation between the number of active users and posts shared on an online forum for financial investors. • We found that the relation follows a power law, with exponent greater than 1. • We found day-of-the-week and hour-of-the-day patterns in the fluctuations of the exponent.
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