aita_analysis

Examine posting and commenting behavior in r/AITA.

I initially focus on the relationship between post and comment-section tone and post popularity. I measure post tone using the NRC dictionary for emotional intensity and valance, and consider if top posts are more likely to be intense and/or balanced in tone. I then consider whether top posts are more likely to have polarized comment sections measured by comment intensity and valance as well as the distribution of votes.

Main data sources:

Data are sourced from pulling data from reddit for posts in the public aita dataset here The data creation is performed in pull_aita_data.R

Initial Analysis

Initial Analyses are performed in AITA Polarization Intensity and Popularity.R and discussed in AITA-Polarization-Intensity-and-Popularity.pdf