MySpace Dialogues Network
A MySpace dataset of 80,749 messages between 36,459 users (41,533 directed user pairs) over two months, collected by Šuvakov et al. (Dryad, 2013). Each record holds the sender, the recipient, the time in minutes since the start of the window, and the message's SentiStrength positive (1 to 5) and negative (-1 to -5) scores. Suitable for sentiment dynamics, dialogue patterns and temporal network analysis.
Cite this dataset at
myspace-dryad.echo.directory
Analytics
The full graph has 36,459 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.
Computed over the full corpus.
Record
- Catalog key
myspace_dryad- Authors
- Šuvakov, Milovan; Mitrović, Marija; Gligorijević, Vladimir; Tadić, Bosiljka
- Year
- 2013
- Source paper
- How the online social networks are used: dialogs-based structure of MySpace
- DOI / arXiv
- 10.5061/dryad.5253n
- License
- CC0 — Public Domain (CC0-1.0)
- Records
- 36,459
- Nodes
- 36,459
- Edges
- 41,533 (directed)
- Nodes are
- user
- Edges are
- dialogue
- Attributes
- nodes have no attributes; edges have no attributes
- Languages
- en
- Collected
- 2008-2009 (2000s)
- Tasks
- From the graph: link prediction, community detection
- Region
- Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)
Provenance
- Originally published at
- https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5253n link checked
- Hosted copy
- Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-09, 2.2 MB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.
How to cite
BibTeX
@misc{echo2026,
title = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
year = {2026},
url = {https://echo.directory},
note = {Syracuse University}
}
@article{suvakov2013myspace,
title = {How the online social networks are used: dialogs-based structure of {MySpace}},
author = {\v{S}uvakov, Milovan and Mitrovi\'{c}, Marija and Gligorijevic, Vladimir and Tadi\'{c}, Bosiljka},
journal = {Journal of The Royal Society Interface},
volume = {10},
number = {79},
year = {2013},
doi = {10.1098/rsif.2012.0819}
} APA
Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory
Šuvakov, M., Mitrović, M., Gligorijević, V., & Tadić, B. (2013). MySpace Dialogues Network [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5253n
MLA
Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.
Šuvakov, Milovan, et al. MySpace Dialogues Network. 2013, doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5253n.