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helpfulness

initiator_helpfulness_by_contribution_regularity(community, lookback_days=100)

Calculates the contribution regularity of the initiator of each thread. Contribution regularity is the percentage of past days in which the initiator posted in the forum. Past days is limited by lookback_days parameter.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
lookback_days 100
community required

initiator_helpfulness_by_foreign_thread_comment_frequency(community)

This indicator measures initiator helpfulness by the frequency of comments by the thread's initiator that were posted in threads with a different initiator ('foreign threads').

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
community required

initiator_helpfulness_by_top_commenter_status(community, contributor, k=90)

Calculates whether a thread's initiator has top commenter status. A 'top commenter' has posted more comments than the k-th percentile (default: k=90).

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
community required
contributor required