Before revision: The interactions and activities of hundreds of millions of people worldwide are recorded as digital traces every single day. When pulled together, these data offer increasingly comprehensive pictures of both individuals and groups interacting on different platforms, but they also allow inferences about broader target populations beyond those platforms , representing an enormous potential for the Social Sciences .
After revision: The interactions and activities of hundreds of millions of people worldwide are recorded as digital traces online, especially on social media and other web-based platforms, offer increasingly informative pictures of the public. They promise to allow inferences about broader target populations beyond those platforms , representing an enormous potential for the Social Sciences .