No, you’re not alone: A better way to find people with similar experiences on Reddit (D19-55)
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| Challenge: | a probabilistic clustering algorithm can help users find posts that discuss experiences similar to their own . a recent study shows that probabilistic Clustering can yield a better performance than baseline clustering methods . |
| Approach: | They propose a probabilistic clustering algorithm that can help Reddit users find posts that discuss experiences similar to their own. |
| Outcome: | The proposed algorithm can find posts that discuss experiences similar to their own . it performs better than baseline clustering methods due to high runtime overhead . |
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