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This would be a really amazing way to make factually backed statements about the nature of Reddit for news sources given the recent publicity. I.e. the frequen
by TTPrograms 11y ago
This would be a really amazing way to make factually backed statements about the nature of Reddit for news sources given the recent publicity.
I.e. the frequency of comments of a certain nature, typical karma scores for those comments, breakdown by subreddit etc.
- Lerc 11y agoYou have to be careful determining the nature of a certain comment algorithmically. I saw one analysis of subreddits that checked for negativity. /r/PathOfExile came in as one of the most negative subreddits, which could easily be turned into a narrative about gaming culture. To a person familiar with the context it seems far more likely that game concepts were skewing the data. Discussions involved killing, physical damage, life leech, killing, dying etc. Not to mention creature names themselves Devourers, Plummeting Ursa, Miscreations,