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One of the axis is labelled "PDF" without an explanation for what that is. Did they just need a random graphic? Is this a Lisa Holst article?

From original paper[0]:

Figure 2. Post lifetime/Probability density function, grouped by page type, of the temporal distance between the first and last comments of the post. Posts with qualitatively different topics (alternative information, political activism, and main stream news) show a similar behavior.

[0] http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.3344

Thanks. My spouse tells me I'm bad at finding things too.

You found a wife, so that can't be unconditionally true :P.

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