Virality Prediction Task

A Virality Prediction Task is a prediction task.

• See: Viral Meme, Meme.

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References

2013

• (Weng et al., 2013) ⇒ Lilian Weng, Filippo Menczer, and Yong-Yeol Ahn. (2013). “Virality Prediction and Community Structure in Social Networks.” In: Scientific reports, 3.
  • QUOTE: ... We show that, while most memes indeed spread like complex contagions, a few viral memes spread across many communities, like diseases. We demonstrate that the future popularity of a meme can be predicted by quantifying its early spreading pattern in terms of community concentration. The more communities a meme permeates, the more viral it is. ...

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