What it takes to get retweeted: An analysis of software vulnerability messages

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Highlights：

• Analyzed tweets about publicly disclosed software vulnerabilities.

• Tweet content relates to vulnerability alert, patch, advisory, exploit or root-cause.

• Exploit, advisory, and root-cause related messaged exhibited greater retweetability.

• Retweetability is jointly influenced by tweet and software vulnerability features.

摘要

•Analyzed tweets about publicly disclosed software vulnerabilities.•Tweet content relates to vulnerability alert, patch, advisory, exploit or root-cause.•Exploit, advisory, and root-cause related messaged exhibited greater retweetability.•Retweetability is jointly influenced by tweet and software vulnerability features.

论文关键词：Software vulnerability,Hazard messages,Twitter,Terse communication,Information diffusion

论文评审过程：Received 9 August 2017, Revised 16 November 2017, Accepted 17 November 2017, Available online 20 November 2017, Version of Record 22 November 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.11.024