Circadian Rhythms in Socializing Propensity

Using large-scale interaction data from a virtual world, we show that people’s propensity to socialize (forming new social connections) varies by hour of the day. We arrive at our results by longitudinally tracking people’s friend-adding activities in a virtual world. Specifically, we find that peop...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Cheng, Phang, Chee Wei, Zeng, Xiaohua, Wang, Ximeng, Xu, Yunjie, Huang, Yun, Contractor, Noshir
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564240/