Hi Ali, This isn't exactly what you are looking for, but a recent short paper at ICWSM (International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media) in Dublin used Facebook data to explore the "how we met each other" meme on Facebook, which some analysis of these trends. It is linked on Lada Adamic's site (http://www.ladamic.com/) as: How you met me. Lada A. Adamic, Thomas M. Lento, Andrew T. Fiore, ICWSM'12 short paper. Abstract: A popular Facebook meme asks a user’s friends to recall how they met that user and then to paste the same query in their own status. We study the spread of this particular meme, which engaged millions of Facebook users, and the insights into relationship formation that the resulting compilation of answers provides. We describe the locations, relationships, and circumstances that contribute to formations of friendships that are represented on Facebook. I'll take this opportunity to say I'm at ICWSM now, and have been very impressed with the quality of the papers (disclosure: I'm a co-chair) and its relevance for AOIR-ers. I encourage you all to look through the proceedings (online at http://www.aaai.org/Library/ICWSM/icwsm12contents.php) and consider this as a venue for your work. It will be in the US next year - venue TBD. Nicole ---------------- Message: 5 Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:59:14 +0100 From: "S. M. Ali Abbas" <m.ali.abbas@gmail.com> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 94, Issue 29 Message-ID: <4FCF6232.2030101@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Natalie and others, Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. Natalie, the link you gave me isn't working, but I guess, you were trying to share this paper: Lewis, K., Kaufman, J., Gonzalez, M., Wimmer, A., & Christakis, N. (2008). Tastes, ties, and time: A new social network dataset using Facebook.com. /Social Networks/, /30/(4), 330-342. doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2008.07.002 I already know about it, but thanks anyway. What I was looking for, for instance, how people have developed their links in Facebook feature by self-reporting (how X met with Y in real life). Some of this data of students has been mentioned in: Mayer, A., & Puller, S. L. (2008). The old boy (and girl) network: social network formation on university campuses. /Journal of Public Economics/, /92/, 329-347. If there are similar studies please share. Currently I am exploring the Facebook project (thefacebookproject.com) to find relevant material. Thanks! Best Regards. -- Ali Abbas Doctoral Student at Centre for Policy Modelling Manchester Metropolitan Business School All Saints Campus Oxford Road Manchester M15 6BH http:www.cfpm.org/~ali