@inproceedings{7fd0bd4c3fb44195b169517657877b0b,
title = "How social is social bookmarking?",
abstract = "Social bookmarking services allow a user to make her personal collection of favorite web resources accessible by the public. The content of this collection can attract users of {"}similar minds{"} and therefore has tremendous potential to enable networking and collaboration. In this research, we analyzed a large dataset collected from one of the most popular social bookmarking services. To understand why there is a large gap between a user's explicit network and her implicit user-user association networks based on common resources or common tags, we compared a users' bookmark resources and tags to those of her explicit network members. Our results suggest that a typical social bookmarking service user does not create her explicit network based on common interests. We discuss the implications behind the gap between a user's explicit network and implicit network and propose solutions to enhance and improve the {"}social{"} functions of social bookmarking services.",
keywords = "Delicious, Resource, Social bookmarking, Social network, Tag",
author = "Sudha Ram and Wei Wei",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1109/BASNA.2010.5730302",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781424489992",
series = "2010 IEEE International Workshop on Business Applications of Social Network Analysis, BASNA 2010",
booktitle = "2010 IEEE International Workshop on Business Applications of Social Network Analysis, BASNA 2010",
note = "2010 IEEE International Workshop on Business Applications of Social Network Analysis, BASNA 2010 ; Conference date: 15-12-2010 Through 15-12-2010",
}