Figure 1(f) shows how the local clustering coefficient of
a user varies with its social degree on Currensee. The local
clustering coefficient of a user here is defined as the ratio of
the number of links that exist between a node’s immediate
neighborhood and the maximum possible number of links.
In this network, users with lower social degrees have higher
clustering coefficients. This implies that the network is formed
from a number of highly connected hubs, at the boundary of
which nodes tend to form tightly connected cliques with their
close neighbors.