Figure 1
From: Cumulative Dynamics of Independent Information Spreading Behaviour: A Physical Perspective
An illustration of Direct Follower Networks. (A) An influential user lies at the center of a DFN, and every other user follows him. The influential is mainly an author of popular tweets. All the followers of the influential and all the links among these followers are included in the DFN. (B) We show the structure of DFNs retrieved from Sina Weibo. A tweet is passed on from one influential to another. The overlap of the two DFNs is the bridge for tweet spreading. We sample the original data of the two DFNs for a better illustration. Nonetheless, the main structure has been retained.
