tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623899854668090474.post4580983910948707679..comments2023-05-28T06:36:18.771-07:00Comments on The Dataphiles: The end of Usenet?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623899854668090474.post-46617574012681305962008-08-28T11:47:00.000-07:002008-08-28T11:47:00.000-07:00Rick,I apologize for not getting back to you. I a...Rick,<BR/><BR/>I apologize for not getting back to you. I am not sure whether I can disclose the data source at this point (I tend to play it safe on these things). I will let you know when I find out for sure that it's ok.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Mary McGlohonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192693557157094495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623899854668090474.post-46629007239029969182008-08-28T09:01:00.000-07:002008-08-28T09:01:00.000-07:00Hi again,You might have missed my reply ... no hin...Hi again,<BR/><BR/>You might have missed my reply ... no hint of the data source you used ?<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>RickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623899854668090474.post-78016751007644198362008-08-24T12:58:00.000-07:002008-08-24T12:58:00.000-07:00Hi again (thanks for he quick reply)My question wa...Hi again (thanks for he quick reply)<BR/><BR/>My question was more about the datasource you used to get the usenet articles so far in the past ... do you use giganews or something ?<BR/><BR/><BR/>-rickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623899854668090474.post-55389143587565818012008-08-24T11:09:00.000-07:002008-08-24T11:09:00.000-07:00Rick,Thanks for your comment.Yes. The dataset we ...Rick,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment.<BR/><BR/>Yes. The dataset we used was taking posts from around 200 political newsgroups (found by looking for substring 'polit'). From these groups we collected articles from 2004 to 2008. The graph reflects the number of posts per day.Mary McGlohonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192693557157094495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3623899854668090474.post-13050949409476366412008-08-24T07:56:00.000-07:002008-08-24T07:56:00.000-07:00Very nice article!One question: how did you get th...Very nice article!<BR/><BR/>One question: how did you get the raw data ? The usenet articles from 2004 to 2008 ?<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>RickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com