About the Authors

Jason J. Jones

jasonj@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Medical Genetics Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Political Science Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jaime E. Settle

Affiliation Political Science Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Robert M. Bond

Affiliation Political Science Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Christopher J. Fariss

Affiliation Political Science Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Cameron Marlow

Affiliation Data Science, Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, California, United States of America

James H. Fowler

Affiliations Medical Genetics Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Political Science Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Cameron Marlow is employed by Facebook, Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJJ JES RMB CJF CM JHF. Performed the experiments: JJJ JES RMB CJF CM JHF. Analyzed the data: JJJ. Wrote the paper: JJJ.