By Paal Kobbeltvedt “In 2019 Instagram decided to remove the Following Activity feature, and has later announced, and initialized, a trial project where they remove the possibility to see likes. Removing these features can create implications for influencers who earn money on exposure in social media. In this blog entry, I will explain one of…
By Eline Hagen Hettervik This autumn artist Billie Eilish announced her world tour happening summer of 2020. An eager Billie Eilish-fan in my friend group quickly wrote a message in the group chat; “Who wants to join a Billie Eilish concert next summer *heart-eye emoji* ??!!”. Five of us wanted to join, and we concluded…
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Written by Stefan Ellenberger, Autumn 2018 There’s a saying in Las Vegas – the house always wins. This certainly sounds reasonable, as any house that didn’t always win would shutter their doors shortly after revealing to the gambling world that they had winnable games. Most people visiting casino know this, and will stay cautiously optimistic while…
Skrevet av dbo009 og khu010 Dato: 30.09.2018 Internett har i alle år vært en åpen plattform for alle. Hvem som helst kan laste opp og dele hva man vil til en veldig stor grad, uten at det i de fleste tilfeller vil utfalle nevneverdige følger av det. Dette tilrettelegger for ulovlig deling av…
Written by Gediminas Borisas (gbo015) Take a minute to reflect on your friends. You and your friends have a lot of things in common which makes sense as to why you are friends in the first place. Those things could be unalterable like gender, nationality, ethnicity, or alterable like interests, appearance or political views. A presence…
For å forstå spredning av epidemier i sosiale nettverk må vi være klar over at det avhenger både av hvordan individuelle noder i nettverket oppfører seg, men også av hvordan nettverket er strukturert(i hvilken grad nodene er koblet sammen via kanter, homophily etc). På grunn av allsidigheten nettverksteori gir har det blitt brukt til å…
Hvis man en gang skal kjøpe seg en bil, så vil man selvfølgelig kjøpe bilen det stedet man får den til den beste prisen. Dette er det Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (2016, Big Think) har tenkt ut en god løsning på ved bruk av spillteori. Han mener at hvis du som kjøper, gjør hjemmeleksen og…
The livestreaming giant Twitch and the widely used chess website chess.com, recently partnered. This means that we will likely see many chess fans that would not otherwise watch streams on Twitch, using the platform. Bringing in this new audience, that isn’t necessarily interested in other games on Twitch in the first place, to socialize in…