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SUBMITTER: Lu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3124485 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lü Linyuan L Zhang Yi-Cheng YC Yeung Chi Ho CH Zhou Tao T
PloS one 20110627 6
Finding pertinent information is not limited to search engines. Online communities can amplify the influence of a small number of power users for the benefit of all other users. Users' information foraging in depth and breadth can be greatly enhanced by choosing suitable leaders. For instance in delicious.com, users subscribe to leaders' collection which lead to a deeper and wider reach not achievable with search engines. To consolidate such collective search, it is essential to utilize the lead ...[more]