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Week 10 : Assignment 10
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Due on 2024-04-03, 23:59 IST.
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Assignment submitted on 2024-04-02, 21:18 IST
About NPTEL () Please go through the below paper: “Beware of What You Share Inferring Home Location in Social Networks”
at https://cdn.iiit.ac.in/cdn/precog.iiit.ac.in/Publications_files/TP_GM_MV_AG_JA_PK_VA_Pinsoda_2012
How does an
(https://cdn.iiit.ac.in/cdn/precog.iiit.ac.in/Publications_files/TP_GM_MV_AG_JA_PK_VA_Pinsoda_2012.pdf) and
NPTEL online
answer the following questions from [Q1-Q5].
course work? ()
1) Which of the following social networks was NOT mentioned in the paper as a source for the dataset ? 1 point
Prerequisite
Assignment () Twitter
Foursquare
Welcome to Facebook
PSOSM class ()
Google Plus

Introduction to No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Social Media API
() Accepted Answers:
Facebook

Misinformation
2) What is the main focus of the study mentioned in the paper ? 1 point
and Privacy ()

Inference of Social Security Number from Home Location in Social Networks

Privacy and
Inference of Home Location in Social Networks
Pictures on
Online Social Impact of Nudges on Location Sharing in Social Networks
Media () None of the Above

Yes, the answer is correct.

Policing and Score: 1
Social Media () Accepted Answers:
Inference of Home Location in Social Networks
E-crime and
social media () 3) What is a valid AGI? 1 point

Social media and Valid Artificial General intelligence

ecrime () Valid Ambiguous Geographical Information
Valid Artificial Geographical Interface
Identity
resolution and None of the above
social media () No, the answer is incorrect.

S 0

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Score: 0
Research Accepted Answers:
papers: Location Valid Ambiguous Geographical Information
based Privacy ()
4) Look at the Figure below (Figure 1) and answer the following question : 1 point
Research Papers
Part - II ()

Week 10.1: Beware

of What You Share
Inferring Home
Location in Social
Networks (unit?
unit=68&lesson=69
)
“Majority of the users on each of the above mentioned platforms provide home location information at the street
Week 10.2: On the level.” This statement is:
dynamics of
username change True
behavior on Twitter
False
(unit?
unit=68&lesson=70 Yes, the answer is correct.
) Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 10.3: Boston False
Marathon
Analyzing Fake
5) Refer to the figure below (Figure 2) and answer the following question : 1 point
Content on Twitter
(unit?
unit=68&lesson=71
)

Week 10 Feedback
Form : Privacy and
Security in Online
Social Media (unit?
unit=68&lesson=72
)

Quiz: Week 10 :
Assignment 10
(assessment?
name=157)

Week 11:
Summary ()
The distance between inferred and declared user home cities on Twitter is less than 40 km for ____ of users.
Week 12 ()
20 %

Lecture 40 %
materials/Notes 80 %
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Text Transcripts No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
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Accepted Answers:
20 %
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Please go through the following paper, “On the dynamics of username change behavior on Twitter”
Books () https://cdn.iiit.ac.in/cdn/precog.iiit.ac.in/Publications_files/04-Jain.pdf
(https://cdn.iiit.ac.in/cdn/precog.iiit.ac.in/Publications_files/04-Jain.pdf) and answer the following questions from [Q6-
Problem Solving Q10]
Session - Jan
2024 ()

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6) From the following figure (Figure 3), what is the correct inference? 1 point

80% of users rarely change usernames and 20% change user names frequently.
20% of users frequently change usernames and 80% change usernames rarely.
The percentage of users attributed to the change of usernames follows a Pareto Distribution.
The percentage of users attributed to the change of usernames does not follow a Pareto Distribution.
Partially Correct.
Score: 0.67
Accepted Answers:
80% of users rarely change usernames and 20% change user names frequently.
20% of users frequently change usernames and 80% change usernames rarely.
The percentage of users attributed to the change of usernames follows a Pareto Distribution.

7) Which of the following method(s) were used in the paper for measuring the similarity between two 1 point
consecutive usernames ?

Cosine Similarity
Longest Common Subsequence
Longest Common Substring
All of the Above

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Longest Common Subsequence

8) Observe the figure below (Figure 4) about the additions or deletions of characters to usernames of 0 points
several users on Twitter while changing their usernames and select the correct option(s) :

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Most users added or deleted characters either from the start, middle or end of their username.
Most users deleted characters at the end of their usernames.
Most users added characters to the middle of their usernames.
None of the Above.

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Most users added or deleted characters either from the start, middle or end of their username.
Most users deleted characters at the end of their usernames.

9) Which of the following statements is/are true ? 1 point

Changing usernames rapidly in a short period of time is called Space Gain.

Actively using common usernames like “@happy” or “@smile” is called Username Squatting.
Inactive users preventing others from using that specific username is called Username Squatting.
None of the above

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Inactive users preventing others from using that specific username is called Username Squatting.

10) Refer to the figure below (Figure 5) about a partner account promoting another in a tweet and answer 1 point
the following question:

Which of the following phenomena is shown in the above figure as discussed in the paper ?

Username Squatting
Obscured Username Promotion
Adjust to Events

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Space Gain

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Obscured Username Promotion

Please go through the following paper, “Boston Marathon Analyzing Fake Content on Twitter”
https://cdn.iiit.ac.in/cdn/precog.iiit.ac.in/Publications_files/ecrs2013_ag_hl_pk.pdf
(https://cdn.iiit.ac.in/cdn/precog.iiit.ac.in/Publications_files/ecrs2013_ag_hl_pk.pdf )and answer the following
questions from [Q11-Q15]

11) Which of the following statements is true about Boston blasts? 1 point

Twin blasts occurred during the Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2013 at 18:50 GMT
Twin blasts occurred during the Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2009 at 18:50 GMT
Four people were killed and 264 were injured in the incident
All of the above

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Twin blasts occurred during the Boston Marathon on April 15th, 2013 at 18:50 GMT

12) What does the following figure depict (Figure 6) ? 1 point

The figure shows the temporal distribution of tweets after the Boston blast
The figure shows the spatial distribution of tweets after the Boston blast
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
The figure shows the temporal distribution of tweets after the Boston blast

Refer to the table below (Table 1) about some parameters of Aditya’s account and answer the following questions
[Q13-15]

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13) Calculate the GlobalEngagement for Aditya. 1 point

Hint: please refer to the n(status) and age definitions as provided in the paper. The age is to be taken in hours.

263.15
10.96
1.096
None of the above

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
10.96

14) Calculate the Likeability for Aditya. 1 point

Hint: , please refer to the n(favourited) and n(status) definitions as provided in the paper.

0.1
0.05
10
None of the above

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
0.1

15) “The credibility of a verified user according to the method in the paper will be considered as 1”. This 1 point
statement is:

True
False

Yes, the answer is correct.

Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
True

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