Stack Exchange — cseducators.stackexchange.com

The content of cseducators.stackexchange.com (https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/), a Stack Exchange question-and-answer site, as published in the Stack Exchange Data Dump of April 2024 on the Internet Archive. The posts table holds 20,028 rows: 6,359 posts (1,208 questions, 4,690 answers, 230 tag wiki excerpts, 230 tag wikis and 1 post of type 7) and 13,669 comments, written between 23 May 2017 and 31 March 2024. Beside it are 12,952 user accounts, 36,920 votes, 16,842 badges awarded, 215 tags, 16,314 post revisions and 397 links between posts. Every answer keeps the question it answers and every comment the post it was written on, so the threads can be rebuilt. The Internet Archive item describes the dump as anonymised; the votes table names the voter in only 13 rows.

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Analytics

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The full graph has 1,478 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

1.5K
Nodes
3.5K
Edges
1.61e-03
Density
6
Components
-0.2443
Assortativity
5.8%
Reciprocity
801
Bridges
Most central nodes
270.1164
2040.07109
1500.06364
12930.06229
2830.05823
760.05281
580.04062
43380.02911
11060.0264
11440.02437
Content metrics

20,028 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

x scoreμ 2.236 ± 6.506
min -5max 229
x view countμ 1.5K ± 4.6K
min 22max 92.2K
x answer countμ 3.884 ± 3.979
min 0max 31
x comment countμ 2.15 ± 3.307
min 0max 42
9.1
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
9.9
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
studentscodelikeuseprogrammingdonlanguagethinkworktimecoursegoodneedwaycomputerstudentquestionknowthingsanswerclassexamplelearnteachingwantprogramteachproblemdifferentlearningpeoplelevellanguagespointjavafindbetterunderstandwritesciencedatanewhelpactuallylotquestionsstartetcthingsoftware
Topic clusters

Topic 0

object
interface
dog
inheritance
class
method
public
puppy

Topic 1

python
language
pattern
programming
java
learn
teach
design

Topic 2

student
teacher
think
learn
course
need
feel
help

Topic 3

algorithm
sort
boolean
false
algebra
true
problem
linear

Topic 4

assembly
compiler
language
assembler
machine
level
processor
register

Topic 5

git
github
control
commit
repository
version
command
revision

Topic 6

comment
answer
chat
question
discussion
vote
continue
meta

Topic 7

pointer
reference
object
pass
memory
java
variable
value

Topic 8

html
css
javascript
web
page
react
framework
style

Topic 9

functional
haskell
lisp
language
programming
scheme
racket
function

Topic 10

loop
foreach
return
iterate
int
statement
condition
iterator

Topic 11

science
computer
educators
technology
literacy
discipline
subject
digital
Show all 56 topics

Topic 12

command
linux
line
unix
cli
gui
operating
gnu

Topic 13

recursion
recursive
tree
tail
iterative
fibonacci
stack
node

Topic 14

scratch
turtle
game
python
snap
kid
child
block

Topic 15

test
grade
assignment
tdd
testing
code
unit
submission

Topic 16

book
textbook
read
material
online
paper
blind
resource

Topic 17

datum
array
data
indexing
index
structure
zero
base

Topic 18

analogy
box
recipe
metaphor
century
variable
year
whale

Topic 19

goto
flowchart
flow
chart
cobol
structure
jump
code

Topic 20

welcome
hope
hear
answer
future
nice
thank
excellent

Topic 21

code
review
style
error
bug
student
good
write

Topic 22

database
sql
relational
table
mysql
rdbms
access
column

Topic 23

byte
octal
bit
disk
size
prefix
binary
kib

Topic 24

float
binary
number
decimal
digit
represent
double
precision

Topic 25

thank
answer
appreciate
welcome
reply
update
useful
question

Topic 26

debug
debugging
debugger
code
error
test
write
student

Topic 27

quantum
learning
neural
computing
machine
math
deep
qubit

Topic 28

variable
operator
precedence
spreadsheet
expression
macro
value
rental

Topic 29

screen
projector
blackboard
whiteboard
video
board
slide
powerpoint

Topic 30

software
engineering
engineer
computer
science
degree
job
program

Topic 31

ide
editor
environment
eclipse
text
command
studio
sublime

Topic 32

alt
delor
printer
gps
driver
return
node
common

Topic 33

student
laptop
screen
discord
face
lecture
computer
monitor

Topic 34

tag
question
appropriate
resource
request
specific
teaching
use

Topic 35

cseducator
welcome
hope
cseducators
hear
answer
thank
future

Topic 36

welcome
answer
teach
teacher
curriculum
classroom
hope
helpful

Topic 37

link
site
answer
post
question
migrate
silo
useful

Topic 38

degree
graduate
school
job
college
university
year
attainment

Topic 39

team
agile
scrum
group
work
project
sprint
product

Topic 40

makey
arduino
lego
robot
sphero
kit
sensor
computer

Topic 41

lab
grade
work
student
assignment
evaluation
peer
project

Topic 42

language
level
low
teach
high
english
concept
course

Topic 43

touch
type
typing
typist
keyboard
fast
finger
skill

Topic 44

cse
welcome
hope
hear
future
nice
csed
answer

Topic 45

edit
question
roll
clear
footnote
remove
answer
second

Topic 46

programming
programmer
learn
people
line
thing
program
feel

Topic 47

javafx
swing
import
java
gui
library
component
repl

Topic 48

extended
chat
conversation
discussion
comment
dedicated
room
ensue

Topic 49

plagiarism
source
plagiarize
collaboration
student
policy
code
detect

Topic 50

game
player
play
card
opponent
win
simple
tac

Topic 51

calculus
math
require
major
calc
algebra
differential
elementary

Topic 52

brain
exercise
mental
answer
student
model
problem
oracle

Topic 53

java
curriculum
teach
oop
lecture
subject
year
language

Topic 54

pair
programming
navigator
driver
partner
work
role
switch

Topic 55

yes
agree
entirely
sure
exactly
yeah
guy
greg
Top hashtags
#include45
#139
#234
#318
#define11
#410
#region8
#sidebar7
#endif6
#ifdef6
#65
#q5
#04
#os4
#53
#invariant3
#pipe3
#3332
#c552
#comment21210_77582

Computed over the full corpus.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-cseducators-stackexchange-com
Authors
Stack Exchange, Inc.
Year
2024
Source paper
Stack Exchange Data Dump
License
CC BY-SA 3.0 / 4.0 (by contribution date) (CC-BY-SA-3.0 AND CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Records
21,184
Nodes
1,478
Edges
3,504 (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/details/stackexchange link checked
Original files as received
The source files, unconverted, kept for reference: mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-09, 10.2 MB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json. For use, start with the data package below.
Data package
Version 1.0.0 of this dataset as an ECHO Data Package: posts (20,028 rows), users (12,952 rows), x_votes (36,920 rows), x_badges (16,842 rows), x_tags (215 rows), x_post_history (16,314 rows), x_post_links (397 rows).
Structure
Temporal (timestamped), Node attributes, Text, Threaded conversations

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_2024,
  title     = {Stack Exchange Data Dump},
  author    = {{Stack Exchange, Inc.}},
  year      = {2024},
  month     = {apr},
  publisher = {Internet Archive},
  url       = {https://archive.org/details/stackexchange}
}

APA

Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory

Stack Exchange, Inc. (2024). Stack Exchange — cseducators.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-cseducators.echo.directory/

MLA

Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.

Stack Exchange, Inc. Stack Exchange — cseducators.stackexchange.com. 2024, stackexchange-cseducators.echo.directory/.

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