https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1705.06947/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15403467urn:hackerpapers:mention:1705.06947:15403467Wed, 04 Oct 2017 19:09:36 GMT<p>TLDR; snippets from the article: A shocking amount of disinformation (“fake news”) is also created by and spread from smaller, fringe Web communities that have relatively outsized influence on the greater Web. We set out to measure just how this influence flows in a systematic and methodological manner, analyzing how URLs from 45 mainstream and 54 alternative news sources are shared across 8 months of Reddit, 4chan, and Twitter posts. Highlights: 1. Reddit and 4chan post mainstream news URLs at over twice the rate than Twitter does 2. Alternative news URLs spread much faster than mainstream…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1705.06947/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SIhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14435502urn:hackerpapers:submission:1705.06947:14435502Sun, 28 May 2017 18:32:15 GMT<p>The Web Centipede: Understanding How Web Communities Influence Each Other</p><p></p><p>67 points; 26 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1705.06947/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.SI