Stack Exchange datasets

[yongrenjie]

Summary

Just suggesting a potential dataset to look at!

Stack Exchange (the network of Q&A sites, which includes Stack Overflow) makes a lot of data on its Q&A available here: https://archive.org/download/stackexchange/ These are somewhat regular dumps of the entire network, so will contain info about questions, answers, tags/labels, comments, post views, and more.

It's also possible to perform 'live' queries against an API, and there's also the Data Explorer which lets you create SQL queries, but I think it makes sense to use a static snapshot which they've already helpfully provided.

Apart from that, there are also results from the Developer Survey, which is run annually on people who use Stack Overflow. This survey includes things such as demographics, employment details, experience levels, and tooling choices. These data are available here: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey

What needs to be done?

• [ ] Come up with a potential story idea (?)

Who can help?

If you have an idea about what might be worth looking into, feel free to give me a nudge 😄

Once upon a time I was a moderator on a SE site (and still check in semi-regularly), so I have a decent knowledge of how the site works and what kinds of info are publicly available.

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Updates

NA.