Table 4.
Characteristics of the 10 most influential microbloggers who reposted the original message
| Name of blogger | Sex | Type* | Time reposted | No. followers | Out degree** | In degree** | Betweenness** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blogger J1 | F | 2 | 22:17:54 | 4,075 | 11 | 3 | 108 |
| Blogger J2 | F | 2 | 22:17:56 | 12,795 | 7 | 1 | 80 |
| Blogger J3 | F | 4 | 22:17:51 | 655 | 4 | 1 | 64 |
| Blogger J4 | F | 4 | 22:17:38 | 462 | 2 | 1 | 57 |
| Blogger J5 | F | 5 | 22:17:26 | 268 | 19 | 1 | 52 |
| Blogger J6 | F | 4 | 22:17:51 | 801 | 4 | 1 | 51 |
| Blogger J7 | M | 1 | 22:17:50 | 2,067 | 4 | 1 | 48 |
| Blogger J8 | F | 5 | 22:17:50 | 829 | 5 | 1 | 44 |
| Blogger J9 | M | 2 | 22:18:13 | 6,447 | 37 | 3 | 44 |
| Blogger J10 | F | 4 | 22:17:45 | 691 | 10 | 1 | 43 |
*
Note. Type of response: (1) “Caring, showing empathy, and giving advice”; (2) “Calling for help”; (3) “Cynical or indifferent comments”; (4) “Shocked”; and (5) “Only reposting with no comment.”
**
Out-degree centrality of a microblogger M means the number of other microbloggers who repost M’s message. In-degree centrality of M represents the frequency that M reposts the message received from others. Betweenness centrality of M represents the total count of pairs of nodes whose shortest path between them consists of M, denoting the relative importance of the position where M is located in the network.