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Chapter 10 Conclusion Originally conceived to solve computational problems in science, defense, and busi- ness, computer systems now augment many human activities, including communica- tion and social interaction. Today, millions of people use information technology to work, play, read, learn, socialize, connect, and express themselves. This broad range of new applications inspired the work in this thesis, where we have measured and analyzed the properties of online social networks, and designed, deployed, and eval- uated new information systems that exploit the properties of these networks. In the following sections, we describe the high-level contributions of this thesis and discuss potential future research directions. 10.1 Summary Recently, online social networks have exploded in popularity. MySpace (over 246 million users) and Facebook (over 124 million users) are examples of wildly popular networks that are used to find and organize contacts; numerous other sites are used to share photos, videos, blogs, and news items. Despite the massive popularity of online social networks, surprisingly little is known about how people are using them to connect and share content. To better understand the structure of online social 214PDF Image | Online Social Networks: Measurement, Analysis, and Applications to Distributed Information Systems
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