City For Reddit
Caleb Whitman Matt Cook
Introduction
Why Reddit?
Popular website designed to connect people to new ideas No integrated subreddit discovery
Open Source Accessible API
Overview
Subreddit relationships Data visualization
Subreddit Relationships
Goal: Use posting and comment data to find subreddits composed of similar users
Step 1: Data acquisition Step 2: Data cleaning Step 3: Data analysis
Subreddits (U)
Users
(V) Subreddits(U) Subreddits(U)
Weight of Line = # of common active users
Weight of Line = 1 or 0 (1 if user is active in subreddit)
Data Visualization
Unity Desktop Application for Windows, Mac, and Linux 3D City which Displays:
Subreddit Relationships Subreddits
Posts
Data Visualization : Subreddit Relationships
Subreddits related to Wyoming
Data Visualization : Subreddit
Data Visualization : Posts
Data Visualization : Comments
User Interface
Creating posts/comments Basic Reddit user functions No moderator capabilitiesCity for Reddit Reddit
Reddit Connection Challenges
Connection to Reddit with C# Library: RedditSharpIncompatible with Unity Poor Documentation Buggy