Stack Exchange — vegetarianism.stackexchange.com

A Stack Exchange (vegetarianism.stackexchange.com) dataset of 548 users, 1,147 answer-collaboration edges, 760 questions, 1,497 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 vegetarianism.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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Node size is centrality, colour is community. Hover a node for details; click one to isolate its community.

548
Nodes
1.1K
Edges
3.83e-03
Density
16
Components
-0.1329
Assortativity
4.4%
Reciprocity
268
Bridges
Most central nodes
12360.1042
1150.0841
20.07861
1640.06764
560.04936
740.04936
770.04936
520.03839
570.03656
4950.03291
Content metrics

2,257 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

scoreμ 5.693 ± 5.76
min -7max 56
view countμ 256.904 ± 1.9K
min 0max 63.4K
answer countμ 0.663 ± 1.388
min 0max 21
comment countμ 1.404 ± 2.204
min 0max 27
9.8
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
10.3
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
veganvegetarianmeatanimalfooddietquestionlikemilkpeopleproteinanimalsdonproductsanswereatusefoodsb12goodeatingthinkvitaminbasedvegansknowquotnonneedhealthplantwaytimewatersourcewantvegetariansdairyfindeggshighdifferentexamplefoundveganismoilsoyingredientssourcespossible
Topic clusters

Topic 0

protein
amino
acid
bean
food
calorie
gram
diet

Topic 1

label
ingredient
product
vegan
sugar
beer
char
bone

Topic 2

pain
consciousness
animal
brain
feel
human
plant
kill

Topic 3

diet
study
cancer
disease
vegetarian
low
risk
heart

Topic 4

vitamin
deficiency
supplement
blood
iron
test
mcg
absorb

Topic 5

dish
meat
substitute
vegetarian
taste
sauce
fish
fake

Topic 6

vitamin
iron
calcium
supplement
absorption
iodine
zinc
source

Topic 7

milk
oat
cream
soy
ice
almond
yogurt
water

Topic 8

restaurant
vegan
option
bring
menu
travel
meal
vegetarian

Topic 9

people
veganism
question
vegetarianism
outreach
ask
answer
site

Topic 10

thank
edit
welcome
answer
address
try
happy
fair

Topic 11

egg
chia
bake
pancake
flaxseed
cake
flour
flax
Show all 43 topics

Topic 12

oil
palm
cholesterol
fat
saturate
butter
acid
margarine

Topic 13

reason
meat
people
eat
vegan
ethical
vegetarian
veganism

Topic 14

land
fertilizer
farming
farm
manure
organic
crop
animal

Topic 15

leather
shoe
boot
material
plastic
faux
rexine
fur

Topic 16

silk
fabric
cotton
clothing
synthetic
wool
material
ink

Topic 17

cat
dog
pet
food
feed
lab
urinary
vegan

Topic 18

potato
oil
recipe
tsp
cook
minute
add
fry

Topic 19

study
research
answer
scientific
citation
statistical
cite
link

Topic 20

india
religion
vegetarian
vegetarianism
buddhism
quinoa
religious
leader

Topic 21

answer
question
comment
post
edit
ask
accept
site

Topic 22

bee
honey
hive
pollinate
beekeeper
honeybee
pollination
pollinator

Topic 23

fish
emission
greenhouse
impact
specie
gas
carbon
fishing

Topic 24

pesticide
fig
organic
bug
wasp
ant
insect
pest

Topic 25

egg
chicken
hen
lay
operation
farm
caviar
percent

Topic 26

human
evolution
diet
plant
ancestor
evolutionary
meat
evolve

Topic 27

cow
calf
milk
farm
dairy
slaughter
farmer
procedure

Topic 28

opinion
question
answer
think
ask
subjective
site
base

Topic 29

source
claim
reference
link
thank
wikipedia
answer
add

Topic 30

milk
lactose
dairy
cow
digest
intolerant
demand
whey

Topic 31

country
percentage
india
vegetarian
number
population
people
statistic

Topic 32

omega
dha
epa
ala
algae
acid
supplement
conversion

Topic 33

pizza
cheese
mozzarella
dough
use
daiya
vegan
crust

Topic 34

child
baby
diet
formula
infant
age
vegan
feed

Topic 35

allergy
allergic
test
allergen
true
trigger
cross
diet

Topic 36

transition
eat
vegetarian
meat
diet
expensive
new
cheap

Topic 37

yeast
nutritional
nog
niacin
marmite
egg
limit
bovril

Topic 38

rennet
cheese
parmesan
vegetarian
animal
enzyme
hard
supermarket

Topic 39

animal
product
gelatin
ethical
moral
welfare
suffering
vegan

Topic 40

insect
mushroom
eat
worm
fruit
fungus
vegetarian
honey

Topic 41

soak
bean
lentil
flatulence
cook
soaking
reduce
rice

Topic 42

soy
testosterone
man
study
gmo
effect
hormone
level
Top hashtags
#16
#excipients4
#23
#393
#43
#animal_welfare2
#cambridge_declaration_on_consciousness2
#vegan2
#11521
#15821
#160691
#1841
#19411
#26721
#26951
#31
#411
#4233753760651
#4628601
#5231

Computed over the full corpus.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-vegetarianism-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
6,411
Nodes
548
Edges
1,147 (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
2017/2024 (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, 3.1 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 — vegetarianism.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-vegetarianism-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 — vegetarianism.stackexchange.com. 2025, stackexchange-vegetarianism-stackexchange-com.echo.directory/.

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