This document discusses research on analyzing social media data to understand neighborhoods and locations. It references several studies that used tags and activity on platforms like Flickr, Yahoo, and Twitter to identify important places and map psychological boundaries. Key researchers mentioned include Lynch, Milgram, Ahern, Rattenbury, Becker, and Naaman. Methods discussed include identifying locations based on unique tags, changes in activity levels over time, and classifying users as "informers" or "meformers" based on their posting behaviors.
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