This contribution argues that Reddit, as a massive, categorized, open-access dataset, is a useful data source, for "almost any topic". Hence, it can be used in data science, e.g. for knowledge exploration. This statement is backed-up with presented analysis, based on 180 manually annotated papers, related to Reddit itself, and data acquired from popular databases of scientific papers. Finally, an open source tool is introduced, which provides an easy access to Reddit resources, and an exploratory data analysis of how Reddit covers selected topics. These functions can be used as a prelude analysis to a broader exploration of Reddit's applicability.
翻译:本文认为Reddit是一个大规模、分类明确、开放获取的数据集,可用于“几乎任何主题”的数据科学和知识探索。这一观点是基于对180篇手动标注的关于Reddit本身的论文及来自科学论文流行数据库的数据分析的支持。最后,介绍了一种开源工具,可方便访问Reddit资源,并探索Reddit对选定主题的覆盖情况。这些功能可作为探索Reddit适用性的前奏分析。