Gathering and dynamic visualization of time-based changes to data generated by Reddit.com
Abstract
With the increased amount of data generated by social networking sites there is also increased difficulty in the analysis of that data. Time-based changes to data may provide insights into the effects of popularity in social networks. Information visualization may be a vital tool to assist social scientists with analysis of large quantities of data. However the gathering and formatting of time-related data from social networking sites still remains an obstacle. This project explores the process of gathering time-based data in real time and using dynamic visualization techniques to visualize and analyze time-based changes in data generated by discussions on the social networking site Reddit.