Using Graph Analysis with Neo4j to Spot Astroturfing on Reddit
Reddit is one of the longer-standing platforms on the internet, bringing together folk to discuss, rant, grumble, and troll others on all sorts of topics, from Kafka to data engineering to nerding out over really bright torches to grumbling about the state of the country—and a whole lot more.
As a social network it’s a prime candidate for using graph analysis to examine how people interact—and in today’s post, hunt down some sneaky shills ;-)