Power-Law Distribution of Human Behaviors in Internet Forums

Internet and database technology provide the conditions for us to learn human behaviors empirically. Exploring these behaviors is important for us to understand internet users´ surfing habits, and to set the stage for better research on social dynamics closer to reality. In this paper, we explore the Internet users´ post and reply behaviors et al. in an internet forum, Tianya. Statistical analysis shows that, internet users´ post, reply, replied, page view, in-degree and out-degree distribution all follow power-law form, which is qualitatively agree with achievements of other researchers.