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Stephen Downes

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We've seen the comparison between social media and network behavior before, but this article also has a really nice animated illustration. "A growing body of research suggests human behavior on social media is strikingly similar to collective behavior in nature... The behavior is determined by the structure of the network, which shapes the behavior of the network, which shapes the structure, and so on."

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