The Riot Effect: whether a riot breaks out is contingent on network topology.
- The Riot Effect: whether a riot breaks out is contingent on network topology.
- More formally known as Granovetter's Threshold Model.
- Imagine that everyone has a riot threshold: a point at which if they see that many people around them rioting, they join in.
- Some people have a threshold of 1000, some have a threshold of 100, some have a threshold of 2.
- Imagine someone with a threshold of 2 is next to two friends who are mad about something.
- They join in and now if there's someone nearby with a threshold of 3 it can kick off.
- Imagine that same scenario, but the nearest person has a riot threshold of 100.
- No riot gets going.
- If they're lined up like dominos then it can catch quickly.