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Exploring Usability of Reddit in Data Science and Knowledge Processing

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: This contribution argues that Reddit, as a massive, categorized, open-access dataset, is a useful data source, on "almost any topic", which can be used for data science and knowledge exploration. This statement is backed-up with presented analysis, based on 180 manually annotated papers, related to Reddit itself, and data acquired from top databases of scientific papers. Finally, an open source tool is introduced, which provides easy access to Reddit resources, and exploratory data analysis of how Reddit covers selected topics. This is a prelude analysis to a broader exploration of Reddit's applicability.

Source: Scalable Computing Practice and Experience

DOI: 10.12694/scpe.v23i1.1957

Authors: Jan Sawicki, Maria Ganzha, Marcin Paprzycki, Amelia Badica

Institutions: Warsaw University of Technology, Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, University of Craiova

Language: English

Topic: Computational and Text Analysis Methods

Subfield: General Social Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Academia Româna

OpenAlex ID: W4224433779

FWCI: 6.787

Cites: 45

Cited by: 12

Related to: 10