In this paper, we study the information propagation in an empirical bloggingnetwork by game-theoretical approach. The blogging network has small-worldproperty and is scale-free. Individuals in the blogosphere coordinate theirdecisions according to their idiosyncratic preferences and the choices of theirneighbors. We find that corresponding to different initial conditions andweights, the equilibrium frequency of discussions has a transition from high tolow as a result of the common interest in the topics specified by payoffmatrices. Furthermore, under recommendation, namely, individuals in bloggingnetworks refer to additional bloggers' resources besides their nearestneighbors preferentially according to the popularity of the blogs, the wholeblogging network ultrafastly evolves into consensus state (absorbing state).Our results reflect the dynamic pattern of information propagation in bloggingnetworks.
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