ECHOExploratory Compendium of Humanity Online

Stack Exchange — elementaryos.stackexchange.com

AnalyzedSmallgraphtextStack ExchangeAcademicEngagementKnowledge sharingQ&ASocial graphSoftware development

A Stack Exchange (elementaryos.stackexchange.com) dataset of 6,245 users, 7,967 answer-collaboration edges, 8,252 questions, 10,051 answers, collected by Stack Exchange, Inc. via the annual Stack Exchange Data Dump. Each record contains user nodes (reputation, badge counts, vote history), directed weighted edges (answerer→asker, weight=answer score, count=interactions, accepted=bool), post text, tag distribution. User collaboration network from elementaryos.stackexchange.com — directed weighted graph where edges represent knowledge-sharing relationships (A answered B's question), with edge weight reflecting answer quality. Enables prestige hierarchy, community detection, and expertise flow analysis.. Suitable for expertise network analysis, reputation systems, community detection, knowledge flow, PageRank-based authority ranking, Q&A platform dynamics..

#Elementary os#Expertise network#Linux#Stack exchange data dump

Cite this dataset at stackexchange-elementaryos-stackexchange-com.echo.directory

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The full graph has 6,245 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

6.2K
Nodes
8K
Edges
2.04e-04
Density
453
Components
-0.05736
Assortativity
0.6%
Reciprocity
4K
Bridges
Most central nodes
27080.00593
90.00545
37570.0048
1470.00464
29430.00464
7030.00464
31120.00368
41680.0032
4230.00304
55650.00304
Content metrics

18,303 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 1.481 ± 2.99
min -6max 74
view countμ 557.596 ± 2.8K
min 0max 127.4K
answer countμ 0.549 ± 0.885
min 0max 11
comment countμ 1.007 ± 1.841
min 0max 39
8.1
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
8.9
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
elementaryinstallsudoaptfileusesysteminstalledbootlikeproblemterminalworklinuxtryupdateubuntufilesopensettingsissuedesktoptriedwindowsscreenquotetccommandnewrunerrordonversionlistaddwantneedkernelusbwayappknowanswerhelpthankspackagestimechangedefaultset
Topic clusters

Topic 0

boot
partition
grub
usb
drive
windows
elementary
disk

Topic 1

keyboard
key
shortcut
language
layout
dconf
workspace
switch

Topic 2

network
wifi
wireless
connection
ethernet
connect
driver
work

Topic 3

theme
file
icon
application
pantheon
share
folder
terminal

Topic 4

driver
nvidia
kernel
graphic
intel
card
install
amd

Topic 5

bluetooth
sound
audio
device
music
speaker
work
headphone

Topic 6

login
password
wallpaper
greeter
background
user
lightdm
screen

Topic 7

appcenter
update
app
center
bug
apt
software
fix

Topic 8

monitor
display
resolution
screen
xrandr
external
scale
laptop

Topic 9

suspend
battery
sleep
power
screen
lock
lid
laptop

Topic 10

loki
release
wait
header
packages
upgrade
elementary
update

Topic 11

apt
package
sudo
dev
cryptography
install
dpkg
instal
Show all 17 topics

Topic 12

mail
calendar
geary
email
account
thunderbird
gmail
maya

Topic 13

touchpad
libinput
gesture
finger
synaptic
work
scroll
slave

Topic 14

trusty
apt
main
hit
packages
translation
ppa
inrelease

Topic 15

wingpanel
indicator
icon
tray
ayatana
panel
system
transparent

Topic 16

plank
dock
icon
hide
click
application
right
window
Top hashtags
#162
#050
#3946
#242
#00032
#431
#fff20
#installation20
#319
#issuecomment16
#03315
#b2b2b215
#the15
#whether13
#512
#verify10
#creating9
#sudo9
#define8
#grub_hidden_timeout8

Computed over the full corpus.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-elementaryos-stackexchange-com
Authors
Stack Exchange, Inc.
Year
2025
Source paper
Stack Exchange Data Dump
License
CC BY-SA 2.5 / 3.0 / 4.0 (by post date) (CC-BY-SA-2.5 AND CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Records
45,573
Nodes
6,245
Edges
7,967 (directed)
Nodes are
user (Stack Exchange account)
Edges are
answer collaboration (A answered B's question)
Attributes
nodes have attributes; edges have attributes
Text corpus
question titles, post bodies, comment text, tag names
Languages
en
Collected
2015/2024 (2010s, 2020s)
Tasks
From the graph: link prediction, community detection
Region
Global (inferred: the platform is used worldwide)

Provenance

Originally published at
https://archive.org/download/stackexchange link checked
Hosted copy
Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-09, 14.6 MB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.

How to cite

BibTeX

@misc{echo2026,
  title  = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
  author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://echo.directory},
  note   = {Syracuse University}
}

@misc{stackexchange_2025,
  title     = {Stack Exchange Data Dump},
  author    = {{Stack Exchange, Inc.}},
  year      = {2025},
  publisher = {Internet Archive},
  url       = {https://archive.org/download/stackexchange}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Stack Exchange, Inc. (2025). Stack Exchange — elementaryos.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-elementaryos-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Stack Exchange, Inc. Stack Exchange — elementaryos.stackexchange.com. 2025, stackexchange-elementaryos-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/.

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