Let’s Bail!: The evolution of individual-group affiliation in an online gaming community

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Highlights：

• Individuals' diverse resource allocation to groups increases affiliation decay.

• Groups' fuzzy boundaries increase affiliation decay.

• Individuals' within-/cross-group ties affect affiliation decay differently.

• Higher tenure within groups lowers affiliation decay.

• Affiliation decay is less likely for older groups.

摘要

•Individuals' diverse resource allocation to groups increases affiliation decay.•Groups' fuzzy boundaries increase affiliation decay.•Individuals' within-/cross-group ties affect affiliation decay differently.•Higher tenure within groups lowers affiliation decay.•Affiliation decay is less likely for older groups.

论文关键词：Tie decay,Ecology,Individual-group interaction,Social network,Massively multiplayer online game (MMOG)

论文评审过程：Received 17 October 2020, Revised 19 March 2021, Accepted 5 April 2021, Available online 12 April 2021, Version of Record 16 April 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106818