About the Authors

Michael D. Conover

midconov@indiana.edu

Affiliation Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Emilio Ferrara

Affiliation Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Filippo Menczer

Affiliation Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Alessandro Flammini

Affiliation Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDC EF FM AF. Performed the experiments: MDC EF. Analyzed the data: MDC EF FM AF. Wrote the paper: MDC EF FM AF.