Stack Exchange — outdoors.stackexchange.com

The content of outdoors.stackexchange.com (https://outdoors.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 67,137 rows: 22,399 posts (6,168 questions, 15,078 answers, 573 tag wiki excerpts, 573 tag wikis, 5 posts of type 6 and 2 posts of type 7) and 44,738 comments, written between 26 August 2010 and 31 March 2024. Beside it are 19,991 user accounts, 198,455 votes, 46,670 badges awarded, 551 tags, 70,215 post revisions and 2,379 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 124 rows.

#Expertise network#Outdoor recreation#Reputation#Stack exchange data dump

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Analytics

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· graph.json

The full graph has 4,273 nodes; this view shows the 1,000-node sample the pipeline drew for display. Node size is centrality, colour is community.

4.3K
Nodes
10.7K
Edges
5.84e-04
Density
39
Components
-0.1868
Assortativity
5.1%
Reciprocity
2.5K
Bridges
Most central nodes
87940.06203
40790.04237
23030.04073
5660.0405
80600.03933
1270.03792
64110.02903
41480.02317
33130.02271
5570.02177
Content metrics

67,137 records scored · min–maxmean ± 0.675 σ (the interquartile range if the values are roughly normal)mean

x scoreμ 3.245 ± 6.186
min -9max 152
x view countμ 4.2K ± 13.8K
min 8max 607.4K
x answer countμ 2.445 ± 2.116
min 0max 24
x comment countμ 1.998 ± 2.791
min 0max 32
x favorite count0.6% true
true 0.6%false 99.4%
8.2
Flesch–Kincaid grade
US school grade level
8.9
Automated readability index
Frequent terms
waterlikeusedongoodneedtimepeoplewayknowanswerquestionropewantthinkclimbinglongfindgoingdaytentlotbetterbagsurepointdifferentsmallprobablyworkhikingweightbestareafoodhelptrythingstrailrightsnowdoesncoldbodyhighlookbitcasepossibledry
Topic clusters

Topic 0

answer
question
thank
link
think
comment
edit
ask

Topic 1

water
drink
bottle
food
filter
temperature
heat
cold

Topic 2

boat
kayak
paddle
canoe
water
sail
dive
river

Topic 3

shoe
boot
foot
sock
blister
wear
pair
toe

Topic 4

bear
dog
animal
attack
human
food
wolf
coyote

Topic 5

map
gps
compass
phone
north
device
satellite
magnetic

Topic 6

fire
stove
fuel
burn
wood
gas
propane
canister

Topic 7

snake
tick
bite
mosquito
insect
bug
bee
sting

Topic 8

jacket
layer
wear
cotton
pant
wool
fabric
wet

Topic 9

trail
hike
map
day
hiking
route
park
mountain

Topic 10

backpack
pack
strap
bag
carry
weight
shoulder
buckle

Topic 11

bag
sleep
pad
hammock
mattress
mat
warm
night
Show all 23 topics

Topic 12

rope
belay
carabiner
fall
device
anchor
climb
climber

Topic 13

tent
tarp
rain
pole
wind
season
fly
fabric

Topic 14

bird
nest
owl
feeder
goose
duck
robin
feed

Topic 15

park
forest
national
camping
land
camp
area
wilderness

Topic 16

knot
rope
tie
bowline
loop
hitch
end
bight

Topic 17

fish
fishing
rod
magnet
hook
bait
line
bass

Topic 18

ski
binding
pole
snowshoe
snow
skiing
crampon
trekking

Topic 19

arrow
bow
shoot
rifle
shot
target
hunt
archery

Topic 20

light
battery
glass
sunglass
headlamp
panel
flashlight
solar

Topic 21

climb
climbing
climber
gym
route
grade
rock
sport

Topic 22

knife
blade
sharpen
fence
wire
angle
stone
edge
Top hashtags
#1102
#287
#351
#616
#415
#514
#map13
#810
#79
#v9
#10108
#scrollpoint7
#imgrc5
#10804
#103
#10443
#10473
#10743
#16963
#353

Computed over the full corpus.

Record

Catalog key
stackexchange-outdoors-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
73,520
Nodes
4,273
Edges
10,653 (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
2010/2024 (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, 30.0 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 (67,137 rows), users (19,991 rows), x_votes (198,455 rows), x_badges (46,670 rows), x_tags (551 rows), x_post_history (70,215 rows), x_post_links (2,379 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 — outdoors.stackexchange.com [Data set]. https://stackexchange-outdoors.echo.directory/

MLA

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

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

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