Whispers in the dark: Analysis of an anonymous social network

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 137-149

  Wang, Gang ^a   Wang, Bolun ^a   Wang, Tianyi ^a   Nika, Ana ^a   Zheng, Haitao ^a   Zhao, Ben Y ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymous social networks; Graphs; Privacy; User engagement

Indexed keywords

DATA PRIVACY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GRAPHS; INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; USER BEHAVIORS; USER ENGAGEMENT; USER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84910150762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2663716.2663728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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