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

Clayton Davis

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

Karissa McKelvey

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 AF FM EF CD KM. Performed the experiments: MDC CD. Analyzed the data: MDC AF FM EF CD KM. Wrote the paper: MDC AF FM EF.