Analysis of human behavior statistics law based on WeChat Moment

Zhang, Shengtai; Yuan, Haoyu; Ling-li, Duan

doi:10.1016/j.physa.2019.122854

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“…This is concluded by ignoring the possible inactive time gap. In sustainability studies, it has been found sometimes that users may drop out and, after a long time, return to the original platform, such as in the case of newspaper subscriptions (Zhu and Weaver, 1989) and content sharing on social media (Zhang et al, 2020). If the long gaps between the two activities of a user are considered inactive periods, the sustainability of UGC activities would be assessed even lower.…”

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Staying, switching, and multiplatforming of user-generated content activities: a 12-year panel study

Hou

Guan

Zhou

et al. 2022

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PurposeUser-generated content (UGC) refers to semantic and behavioral traces created by users on various social media platforms. While several waves of platforms have come and gone, the long-term sustainability of UGC activities has become a critical question that bears significance for theoretical understanding and social media practices.Design/methodology/approachBased on a large and lengthy dataset of both blogging and microblogging activities of the same set of users, a multistate survival analysis was applied to explore the patterns of users' staying, switching and multiplatforming behaviors, as well as the underlying driving factors.FindingsUGC activities are generally unsustainable in the long run, and natural attrition is the primary reason, rather than competitive switching to new platforms. The availability of leisure time, expected gratification and previous experiences drive users' sustainability.Originality/valueThe authors adopted actual behavioral data from two generations of platforms instead of survey data on users' switching intentions. Four types of users are defined: loyal, switcher, multiplatformer and dropout. As measured by the transitions among the four states, the different sustainability behaviors are thereby studied via an integrated framework. These two originalities bridge gaps in the literature and offer new insights into exploring user sustainability in social media.

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Staying, switching, and multiplatforming of user-generated content activities: a 12-year panel study

Hou

Guan

Zhou

et al. 2022

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“…Burstiness has also been reported for neuronal activity [5], animal activity [6], and urban soundscape [7]. For human behavior, burstiness has also been observed in a variety of types and hierarchies, including sending e-mails [2,8], making phone calls [9], web chatting [10], blog posting [11], website browsing [8], book loans [8,12], stock trade transactions [8], and word occurrences in texts [13]. Furthermore, human physical movements such as daily activities for several days [14], walking [15], and smartphone screen touches [16] also show burstiness.…”

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confidence: 94%