Voat Long-Tail Communities (>100KB subverses) Analyzed
A Voat (Reddit alternative, 2013–2020) dataset of 111,677 submissions, 203,760 comments, 46,585 users, 107,580 collaboration edges, collected by Mekacher & Papasavva (ICWSM 2022) via full platform crawl. Each record contains user nodes (registration date, moderation status), directed weighted edges (commenter→submitter, weight=upvotes+1), submission titles and bodies, comment text, upvotes, downvotes, depth. Aggregate of 190 smaller Voat subverses (>100KB each) not covered by individual or thematic cluster entries. Represents the breadth of the platform beyond its headline communities, combining 111,677 submissions and 203,760 comments.. Suitable for platform breadth analysis, long-tail community dynamics, niche community research, social network analysis.
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