Stack Exchange — scifi.stackexchange.com

A Stack Exchange (scifi.stackexchange.com) dataset of 45,536 users, 100,186 answer-collaboration edges, 75,252 questions, 131,903 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 scifi.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..

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The full graph has 45,536 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

45.5K
Nodes
100.2K
Edges
4.83e-05
Density
919
Components
-0.1268
Assortativity
3.1%
Reciprocity
31.6K
Bridges
Most central nodes
9310.02315
9760.02181
38040.01621
16930.01592
35000.01276
43560.0116
450.01043
38230.00865
11480.00852
12340.00819
Content metrics

207,155 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 9.905 ± 14.69
min -37max 516
view countμ 1.5K ± 10.5K
min 0max 1.4M
answer countμ 0.637 ± 1.324
min 0max 34
comment countμ 2.666 ± 3.353
min 0max 50
9.4
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
10.3
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
timelikequotknowthinkseriesharrybookdonearthstorystaruniversepeoplewayworldusemoviepoweryearsnewepisodedoctorhumanableendmanrememberquestionbooksdeathsaidreadpointdidnspacelifefindforcelongdifferentanswervoldemortshipactuallydoesnhumanslatermagicprobably
Topic clusters

Topic 0

grid
tron
flynn
avatar
clu
world
disc
dragon

Topic 1

jedi
luke
force
vader
anakin
wars
sith
star

Topic 2

harry
voldemort
wand
dumbledore
wizard
magic
potter
muggle

Topic 3

ring
sauron
gandalf
tolkien
rings
hobbit
frodo
elf

Topic 4

men
marvel
avengers
mutant
hulk
man
power
comic

Topic 5

doctor
tardis
time
river
daleks
episode
amy
companion

Topic 6

matrix
neo
machine
human
agent
morpheus
oracle
zion

Topic 7

warp
ship
speed
borg
federation
travel
voyager
starship

Topic 8

superman
batman
comics
kryptonite
justice
league
krypton
power

Topic 9

book
story
alien
read
remember
short
heinlein
author

Topic 10

trek
star
enterprise
episode
tng
captain
series
picard

Topic 11

book
read
story
order
novel
series
dragon
remember
Show all 20 topics

Topic 12

book
jon
stark
thrones
ned
lannister
fire
wall

Topic 13

vampire
buffy
season
angel
blood
werewolf
episode
human

Topic 14

movie
alien
marty
time
future
travel
remember
timeline

Topic 15

gate
stargate
dial
wormhole
symbol
dhd
address
point

Topic 16

wolverine
adamantium
skeleton
magneto
bone
body
weapon
shield

Topic 17

season
episode
simon
fringe
walter
series
olivia
end

Topic 18

zombie
walker
dead
rick
walking
bite
andrea
eat

Topic 19

dune
bene
gesserit
paul
leto
spice
herbert
arrakis
Top hashtags
#1309
#2127
#3990
#18586
#373
#462
#739
#933
#1129
#529
#61627
#626
#824
#1021
#020
#973320
#1617
#1215
#17814
#19013

Sampled: text metrics from 50K of 844.8K records; topic model from 20K.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-scifi-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
844,823
Nodes
45,536
Edges
100,186 (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
2011/2024 (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, 322.4 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 — scifi.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-scifi-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 — scifi.stackexchange.com. 2025, stackexchange-scifi-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/.

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