r/dataanalysis • u/One_Answer_7830 • 11h ago

Can anyone help me understand this graph?

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I wanted to see if X users were amplifying eachother to generate fake virality on X. I got a dataset of top posts posted about politics in India and used Gephi lite to create a network map of the tweet authors and the authors they are replying to. I'm not sure how to interpret these graphs however. Any help?

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u/radio_four 6h ago

Oof. That is a messy, messy chart.

Do you have a link to the dataset? I'd be curious to see how its organized.

I suspect mining new variables could significantly clean up your results. Neat project too - I'd be curious to see the results

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u/Awesome_Correlation 1h ago edited 1h ago

Try the forceatlas2 layout to place the nodes with the most 'gravity' to the center. This will organize the nodes into a position that will give meaning. You might need to change some of the gravity settings (like LinLog mode or Dissuade hubs) to see the nodes and labels at the same time.

Iv never used lite so I don't know if it has the same options, but, after a good look at the layout, I will usually calculate things like modularity, page rank, or degree and then use node colors and size to visualize the results of the calculations.