Mapping Reddit Topics with Randy Olson
Data Skeptic
English - January 30, 2015 09:00 - 29 minutes - 34.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 480 ratingsScience Technology machinelearning science datamining datascience skepticism statistics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
My quest this week is noteworthy a.i. researcher Randy Olson who joins me to share his work creating the Reddit World Map - a visualization that illuminates clusters in the reddit community based on user behavior.
Randy's blog post on created the reddit world map is well complimented by a more detailed write up titled Navigating the massive world of reddit: using backbone networks to map user interests in social media. Last but not least, an interactive version of the results (which leverages Gephi) can be found here.
For a benevolent recommendation, Randy suggetss people check out Seaborn - a python library for statistical data visualization. For a self serving recommendation, Randy recommends listeners visit the Data is beautiful subreddit where he's a moderator.