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The Edgeryders network in December 2012 Density 0.028 Average weighted degree 10 Average distance 2.3
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Network metrics for online community management

May 07, 2015

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Alberto Cottica

These slides were built for the "Number galore (metrics and analytics) panel at Virtual Community Summit 2013. http://virtualcommunitysummit.com/summit-agenda. My own elaboration on Edgeryders data. More here: http://youtu.be/KKrM2c-ww_k
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The Edgeryders networkin December 2012Density 0.028Average weighted degree 10.87Average distance 2.3

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The Edgeryders networkwith moderators removedDensity 0.013Average weighted degree 3.7Average distance 3.3

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The Edgeryders networkwith moderators removedModularity 0.5Subcommunities are clearly visible

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What are subcommunities talking about?Blue edge = more specialization on one or few topics, red edge = no specialization, all topics equally discussed

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Topic treeHow “broad” and “deep” are discussions?

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Topic tree (detail)A nice fractal pattern between topics, subtopics, posts and comments