I'd like to get data on each image from a period of time (let's say 2013,
or perhaps everything from now since the beginning of 2014) then see if I
can play around with the data to see if I can see what makes the most
"popular" or "controversial" pictures and perhaps even make predictions
based on the data.

- Dave


On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Aaron Schumacher
<notifications@github.com>wrote:

> In 06-naive_bayes/elevator/Dave.md:
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> > +
> > +![jump](http://i.imgur.com/ZPDBmRT.gif "jump")
> > +
> > +imgur is kind of strange because not only is there the imgur community you reach after you submit an image, but usually within a day or two it usually gets noticed in reddit (if it's popular). Then it's usually a few days after that when the mainstream media starts to pick it up. Due to the commenting and voting systems it is far more interactive and a smaller niche than a website like instagram where it is limited to each user's social networks.
> > +
> > +Therefore, I would like to use the imgur API to gather some more information on who is using the website, how they are using it, and how often it is being used both by members and as a feeder into other media. This would potentially give us analysis on how pictures are shared and could determine what makes an image/gif popular over time on the site. A website shows a recent snapshot of the [demographics](https://www.quantcast.com/imgur.com/demographics) with an overwhelming majority of the users both male and located in the US.
> > +
> > +1. But does this translate to the highest upvotes?
> > +2. Which users are the most popular and why?
> > +3. Do most users post and comment or do they simply vote?
> > +4. As a leading indicator when it comes to social media what are some of the upcoming trends for 2014?
> > +5. Exactly what percentage of imgur is "cat-related?"
> > +
> > +![human, what is dis](http://i.imgur.com/jpFSlUz.gif "human, what is dis?")
> > +
> > +These answers and more....
>
> Hi! You can look at the API documentation and play around with it to see
> what you can get. I took a quick look at the API docs that you linked
> above. It doesn't seem very similar to twitter's API, I think, in that it
> doesn't seem to have any kind of streaming API that tells you about the
> most recent things coming out. Maybe you could periodically look for things
> with the gallery search?
> http://api.imgur.com/endpoints/gallery#gallery-serach Get in there and
> start seeing what you can find! The flip-side: what are you looking for,
> exactly? What data would you like to get from imgur?
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