A Twitter dataset of 38,918 users and 32,523 directed, weighted reply edges (36,902 replies in all), collected by De Domenico et al. via the Twitter Streaming API around the Higgs boson announcement, 1-7 July 2012. Each record holds the replying user ID, the replied-to user ID and the number of replies between them. Complements the Higgs retweet and mention networks from the same collection. Suitable for information diffusion, scientific communication on social media and reply network structure.
A Twitter dataset of 456,631 users, 14,855,875 follow/mention edges, collected by De Domenico et al. (2013) via Twitter API around Higgs boson announcement (July 4, 2012). Each record contains directed edges between Twitter users representing follows or mentions, capturing information propagation during a major scientific announcement. Temporal network capturing information spreading around the Higgs boson discovery announcement, enabling study of scientific rumor propagation and information cascades in real-time social media. Suitable for information propagation, rumor dynamics, temporal network analysis, scientific communication studies, social media epidemiology.
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