alphadogg writes "E-mail chain letters travel much more circuitous routes to reach recipients than previously thought, according to new research funded by the National Science Foundation, Google and others.The researchers examined two e-mail petitions that have swamped inboxes, one in support of public radio began circulating in 1995 and the other slamming the U.S. invasion of Iraq, which originated in 2002. They say the messages don't tend to travel so much in a viral pattern. Rather, initial recipients are seen as being pretty selective about where they forward messages, often only forwarding to one person." Link to Original Source
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