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Previous research has focused on how users share information on microblogging sites, but relatively less is known about how users use such networks to seek information. This paper addresses the gap. The data set contains 1969 question messages from 1939 users (information seekers) and 7997 responses to these questions from 3296 users (information providers), the profiles of the information seekers and providers, and their immediate social network (followings and followers). This paper examined the social capital and demographic characteristics of the information seekers, and the relationships between the information seekers and providers with regards to response rates and number of responses as indicators for information and social benefits of information seeking. 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