As part of our discussion of social networks and how they are structured, I'd like you to read two articles for Thursday's class. They aren't that long, so it shouldn't take you more than about a half hour to read through them.
The first article is a classic article by Clay Shirky titled "Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality." Link 1 here
The second article is an essay that became the basis for the book "The Long Tail," by Chris Anderson. Link 2 here
If you have time, you may want to check out Anderson's blog by the same title, The Long Tail blog, although you should note that the blog is on hiatus. Even so, some of the older posts are quite interesting.
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