TBBT: r/physical_removal Ban Intervention (2017) Analyzed
A Reddit (r/physical_removal ban intervention, 2017) dataset of 12,921 pre-ban posts from banned community, 370,492 pre-ban control posts, 222,245 post-ban control posts, collected by Cerulli et al. via Reddit API (ICWSM 2026). Each record contains comment ID, selftext (post body), author (pseudonymized), subreddit, score, created_utc, split label (in-before/out-before/out-after). TBBT r/physical_removal: pre- and post-ban Reddit dataset from The Big Ban Theory — standardized 3-month window around the 2017 moderation intervention with matched control communities. Suitable for content moderation effects, community migration, deplatforming research, pre/post intervention analysis, Reddit ban studies.
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