Long ties that bridge socially separate regions of networks are critical for the spread of contagions, such as innovations or adoptions of new norms. Contrary to previous thinking, long ties have now been found to accelerate social contagions, even for behaviours that involve the social reinforcement of adoption by network neighbours.

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跨网络的长期联系加速了社会传染病的传播

连接社会隔离网络区域的长期联系对于创新或新规范的采用等传染病的传播至关重要。与之前的想法相反，现在发现长期联系会加速社会传染，即使是涉及网络邻居收养的社会强化的行为也是如此。