How A/B testing changes the dynamics of information spreading on a social network
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| author | Ottaviani, Matteo Herzog, Stefan M. Nickl, Pietro Leonardo Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp |
| author_facet | Ottaviani, Matteo Herzog, Stefan M. Nickl, Pietro Leonardo Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp |
| contents | A/B testing methodology is generally performed by private companies to increase user engagement and satisfaction about online features. Their usage is far from being transparent and may undermine user autonomy (e.g. polarizing individual opinions, mis- and dis- information spreading). For our analysis we leverage a crucial case study dataset (i.e. Upworthy) where news headlines were allocated to users and reshuffled for optimizing clicks. Our centre of focus is to determine how and under which conditions A/B testing affects the distribution of content on the collective level, specifically on different social network structures. In order to achieve that, we set up an agent-based model reproducing social interaction and an individual decision-making model. Our preliminary results indicate that A/B testing has a substantial influence on the qualitative dynamics of information dissemination on a social network. Moreover, our modeling framework promisingly embeds conjecturing policy (e.g. nudging, boosting) interventions. |
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| spellingShingle | How A/B testing changes the dynamics of information spreading on a social network Ottaviani, Matteo Herzog, Stefan M. Nickl, Pietro Leonardo Lorenz-Spreen, Philipp Social and Information Networks Human-Computer Interaction A/B testing methodology is generally performed by private companies to increase user engagement and satisfaction about online features. Their usage is far from being transparent and may undermine user autonomy (e.g. polarizing individual opinions, mis- and dis- information spreading). For our analysis we leverage a crucial case study dataset (i.e. Upworthy) where news headlines were allocated to users and reshuffled for optimizing clicks. Our centre of focus is to determine how and under which conditions A/B testing affects the distribution of content on the collective level, specifically on different social network structures. In order to achieve that, we set up an agent-based model reproducing social interaction and an individual decision-making model. Our preliminary results indicate that A/B testing has a substantial influence on the qualitative dynamics of information dissemination on a social network. Moreover, our modeling framework promisingly embeds conjecturing policy (e.g. nudging, boosting) interventions. |
| title | How A/B testing changes the dynamics of information spreading on a social network |
| topic | Social and Information Networks Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.01165 |