An ecological approach to structural flexibility in online communication systems

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1941 - 11
• Main Authors: Palazzi, María J., Solé-Ribalta, Albert, Calleja-Solanas, Violeta, Meloni, Sandro, Plata, Carlos A., Suweis, Samir, Borge-Holthoefer, Javier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 29.03.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/766/530/2801; 706/689/680; Cognitive ability; Communications systems; Ecological effects; Ecological models; Empirical analysis; Flexibility; Human performance; Humanities and Social Sciences; Incentives; multidisciplinary; Physics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Self-similarity; Visibility

Human cognitive abilities are limited resources. Today, in the age of cheap information—cheap to produce, to manipulate, to disseminate—this cognitive bottleneck translates into hypercompetition for rewarding outcomes among actors. These incentives push actors to mutualistically interact with specif...