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This blog post, and the open access paper that it describes, is a collaborative project with Sneha Narayan, Jake Orlowitz, Jonathan Morgan, and Aaron Shaw. Financial support came from the US National Science Foundation (grants IIS-1617129 and IIS-1617468), Northwestern University, and the University of Washington. We also published all the data and code necessary to reproduce our analysis in a repository in the Harvard Dataverse. Sneha posted the material in this blog post over on the Community Data Science Collective Blog.
91 | D63469DF | dnusinow | 1243 |
63 | DEB0EC31 | eloy | |
55 | A965818F | vela | 1243 |
46 | 58510B5A | myon | 2143 |
39 | 9B7C328D | luk | 31-2 |
39 | 1880283C | anibal | 2134 |
37 | 0FE53DD9 | opal | 4213 |
32 | 2B0920C0 | lool | 1342 |
29 | 788A3F4C | joeyh | |
27 | 0F932C9C | doko | |
25 | 8768B1D2 | sjoerd | |
23 | F1BCDB73 | aurel32 | 13-2 |
19 | E02FEF11 | jordens | 1243 |
18 | AB963370 | schizo | 1243 |
18 | 6E74A7D1 | jdassen(Ks) | 1243 |
18 | 68FD549F | tbm | 3142 |
18 | 6783ED5E | fpeters | 1--2 |
17 | 91B0D3B7 | edd | -213 |
16 | E07F1CF9 | rousseau | 321- |
16 | 248AEB73 | rene | 1243 |
15 | 8E635A5E | rafl | |
14 | C0143D2D | bubulle | 4123 |
13 | D87C6781 | krooger(P) | 4213 |
13 | A436AD25 | jfs(P) | |
13 | 3D08B612 | msp | |
13 | 1E880A84 | fjp | 4213 |
13 | 0F7A8D01 | nobse | |
12 | F1968D1B | decklin | 1234 |
12 | E7075A54 | mhatta | |
12 | D75F8533 | joss | 1342 |
12 | BF24424C | srivasta | 1342 |
12 | B8C1FA69 | sto | |
12 | 7F961564 | kobold | |
12 | 2A30D729 | pere | 4213 |
12 | 16D970C6 | eric | 12-- |
11 | 5E0577F2 | mpitt | |
11 | 307D56ED | noel | 3241 |
11 | 2BE16D01 | moray | 1342 |
10 | BC7D020A | formorer | -1-- |
10 | A7D91602 | apollock | 4213 |
10 | A51A4FDD | gcs | |
10 | 917A225E | jordi | |
10 | 4B729625 | pvaneynd | 3123 |
10 | 497A176D | loic | |
9 | 62F1A57F | pa3aba | |
9 | 54FD2A58 | glandium | 1342 |
9 | 4A5D72FE | rafael | |
9 | 13FEFC40 | fenio | -1-- |
9 | 0AFC7476 | rra | 1243 |
8 | 90267086 | duck | 31-2 |
8 | 86A118E6 | ch | 321- |
8 | 801EA932 | joey | 1243 |
8 | 7F4E0E11 | waldi | -123 |
8 | 514B3E7C | florian | 21-- |
8 | 41954920 | fs | 12-- |
8 | 2A385C57 | mckinstry | 21-3 |
8 | 25BFB848 | rleigh | 1243 |
7 | BC70A6FF | pape | 1--- |
7 | B70E403B | ari | 1243 |
7 | 8E2D213A | jochen(Ks) | |
7 | 85FEC17F | kilian | |
7 | 84FB46D6 | lwall | 1342 |
7 | 800969EF | smimram | -1-- |
7 | 79CC6586 | haas | |
7 | 5BFA90EC | kohda | |
7 | 52B7487E | sesse | 2341 |
7 | 29499F61 | sho | 1342 |
7 | 1E161AFB | barbier | 12-- |
6 | FC05DA69 | wildfire(P) | |
6 | EEB6B4C2 | avdyk | -12- |
6 | EDF008C5 | blade | 1243 |
6 | E25F2102 | mejo | 1342 |
6 | D1C41882 | adeodato(Ks) | 3142 |
6 | D0B433DF | ross | 12-3 |
6 | B0EBC777 | piman | 1233 |
6 | 9D309C3B | robert | 4213 |
6 | 882A6C4B | kov | |
6 | 6BBA3C84 | zugschlus | 4213 |
6 | 5662C734 | mvo | |
6 | 554FB4C6 | petere | -1-2 |
6 | 37155778 | stratus | |
6 | 2D9ACC8E | lars | 1243 |
6 | 2809E61A | josem | |
6 | 2252FA1A | frank | 2143 |
6 | 1CF2D62A | micah | |
6 | 10FA4CD1 | cjwatson | 2143 |
5 | EE6DC66A | jaldhar | 2143 |
5 | EA59038E | sgran | 4123 |
5 | E1EE3FB1 | md | 4312 |
5 | E0B8B2DE | jaybonci | |
5 | C9A5B54E | sesse(Ps | ,Gs) 2341 |
5 | C4CF8EC3 | twerner | |
5 | C2FEE5CD | acid | 213- |
5 | C09FD35A | tille | |
5 | C03C56DF | rfrancoise | ---1 |
5 | B7CDA2DC | xam | 213- |
5 | A20EBC50 | cavok | 4214 |
5 | 808D0FD0 | don | 1342 |
5 | 797EBFAB | enrico | 1243 |
5 | 5230514A | sjackman | |
5 | 49A5F855 | otavio | -123 |
5 | 3DC29B41 | pdm | |
5 | 29982E5A | vorlon | 1243 |
5 | 2763483B | mkoch | 213- |
5 | 21DB31C5 | smr | 2143 |
5 | 1BF8DE0F | stigge | 312- |
5 | 12CADFA5 | csmall | 3214 |
5 | 0A0AC927 | lamont | |
4 | F2CF01A8 | bdale | |
4 | F095E5E4 | mnencia | |
4 | E9F2C747 | frankie | |
4 | E9ABFCD2 | devin | 2143 |
4 | E81E55C1 | dancer | 2143 |
4 | E38E7ACF | hmh(Gs) | 1243 |
4 | E298966D | jrv(P) | |
4 | DF5CE2B4 | huggie | 12-3 |
4 | DD982A75 | speedblue | |
4 | C671257D | damog | -1-2 |
4 | C4A3823E | kmr | 4213 |
4 | C0B10A5B | dexter | |
4 | C02440B8 | js | 1342 |
4 | BE9F70EA | tb | 1342 |
4 | B7D2F063 | varenet | -213 |
4 | A3F9E30E | schultmc | 1243 |
4 | A3D7B9BC | lawrencc | 2143 |
4 | A1EE761C | madcoder | 21-- |
4 | 9DE1EEB1 | he | 3142 |
4 | 9D928C9B | guillem | 1--- |
4 | 9B726B71 | racke | |
4 | 90788E11 | jsogo | 2143 |
4 | 864826C3 | gotom | 4321 |
4 | 7244970B | kroeckx | 2143 |
4 | 5B48FFAE | marga | 2143 |
4 | 54E672DE | isaac | 1243 |
4 | 4B3A135C | erich | 1243 |
4 | 4597A593 | agmartin | 4213 |
4 | 3FCC2A90 | amaya | 1243 |
4 | 3F3E6426 | agx | -1-2 |
4 | 3EF23CD6 | sanvila | 1342 |
4 | 32C9C8BD | werner(K) | |
4 | 204DDF1B | aquette | |
4 | 00D8CD16 | tolimar | 12-- |
3 | FEC23FB2 | bap | 34-1 |
3 | F972BE03 | tmancill | 4213 |
3 | F801A743 | nduboc | 1--- |
3 | EBEDB32B | chrsmrtn | 4123 |
3 | EA291785 | taggart | 2314 |
3 | E4D47EC1 | tv(P) | |
3 | E19F188E | troyh | 1244 |
3 | DF6807BE | srk | 4213 |
3 | D2A913A1 | psg(P) | |
3 | D097A261 | chrisb | |
3 | C6CEA0C9 | adconrad | 1243 |
3 | C20DF273 | ondrej | |
3 | B5444815 | ballombe | 1342 |
3 | B1DF9A57 | cate | 2143 |
3 | AFA44BDD | weasel(Ps | ,Gs) 1342 |
3 | AA6541EE | brlink | 1442 |
3 | A824B93F | asac | 3144 |
3 | A71C1E00 | turbo | |
3 | A2D7D292 | seb128 | |
3 | 9ED101BF | mbanck | 3132 |
3 | 969457F0 | joostvb | 2143 |
3 | 89BF7E2B | kobras | 1--2 |
3 | 86946D69 | mooch | 12-3 |
3 | 74886B63 | nathans | |
3 | 6F222F1F | edelhard | |
3 | 6D67F790 | foka | |
3 | 60B6B958 | geiger | |
3 | 607559E6 | mako | |
3 | 5C33C1B8 | dirson | |
3 | 5921B5D8 | ajmitch | |
3 | 4C1A5BE5 | sjq | |
3 | 431B38BA | pxt | 312- |
3 | 3E7B4B73 | lmamane | 2143 |
3 | 27572C47 | ucko | 1342 |
3 | 20021490 | schepler | 1342 |
3 | 1DEB8EAE | goedson | |
3 | 1BF2305A | krala(Gs) | 3142 |
3 | 19A42D19 | dannf | 21-4 |
3 | 174FEE35 | wookey | 3124 |
3 | 124B26F3 | mfurr | 21-3 |
3 | 0A327652 | tschmidt | 312- |
3 | 090DD8D5 | ingo | 3123 |
3 | 0813569F | jeroen | 1141 |
3 | 0644FAB7 | bas | 1332 |
3 | 0123F2F2 | gareuselesinge | 1243 |
3 | 00530C24 | bam | 1234 |
2 | FD6645AB | rmurray | -1-2 |
2 | F95C2F6D | chrism(P) | |
2 | F9138496 | graham(Gs) | 3142 |
2 | F5D65169 | jblache | 1332 |
2 | F28CD102 | absurd | |
2 | F2597E04 | samu | |
2 | F0B27113 | patrick | |
2 | EFA6B9D5 | hamish(P) | 3142 |
2 | EE0A35C7 | risko | 4213 |
2 | E91CD250 | daigo | |
2 | D688E0A7 | qjb | -21- |
2 | D4BE1450 | prudhomm | |
2 | D2A6B810 | joussen | |
2 | CFD42F26 | dilinger | |
2 | CEE44978 | dburrows | 1243 |
2 | CD4C0D9D | skx | 4213 |
2 | BFB880A3 | zeevon | |
2 | BD8B050D | roland | 3214 |
2 | B74952A9 | alee | |
2 | B4D6DE13 | paul | |
2 | B345BDD3 | neilm | 1243 |
2 | B28C5995 | bod | 4213 |
2 | B0FA4F49 | schoepf | |
2 | B0DDAF42 | awoodland | |
2 | A8061F32 | osamu | 4213 |
2 | A21AD4F9 | tviehmann | 1342 |
2 | 99E81DA0 | kaplan | |
2 | 964199E2 | fabbe | 3142 |
2 | 8DBFEC2F | pelle | |
2 | 8B8D7663 | ametzler | 1342 |
2 | 8B143975 | martignlo | |
2 | 88C7C1F7 | 93sam | 2134 |
2 | 83E5110F | ovek | |
2 | 817A996A | tfheen | |
2 | 807CAC25 | abi | 4123 |
2 | 798DD95C | piefel | |
2 | 78D621B4 | uwe | -1-- |
2 | 6FF0ABF2 | rcw | 2143 |
2 | 6E8169D2 | hertzog | 3124 |
2 | 6C0084FC | chrisvdb | |
2 | 6B79D401 | filippo | -1-- |
2 | 67756F5D | frn | 2341 |
2 | 5E2EB5B4 | nveber | 123- |
2 | 5C6153AD | broonie | 1243 |
2 | 5B713DF0 | djpig | 1243 |
2 | 50ECFB98 | ccontavalli(Gs) | |
2 | 50064181 | paulvt | |
2 | 4F71955A | dajobe | 21-3 |
2 | 4E2ECA5A | jmm | 4213 |
2 | 496A1827 | srittau | |
2 | 3E8DCCC0 | maxx | 1342 |
2 | 3D97C149 | mstone(P) | 2143 |
2 | 2DB65596 | dz | 321- |
2 | 29F19BD1 | meskes | |
2 | 1F41B907 | marillat | 1--- |
2 | 1EB2DE66 | boll | |
2 | 1557BC10 | kraai | 1342 |
2 | 144843F5 | lolando | 1243 |
2 | 10656584 | voc | |
2 | 0D7CA701 | steinm | |
2 | 05410E97 | horms | |
1 | FC992520 | tpo | -14- |
1 | FB0DFE9B | gildor | |
1 | FAEEB4A9 | neil | 1342 |
1 | F7E8BC63 | cedric | 21-- |
1 | F2C423BC | zack | 1332 |
1 | F0199162 | kreckel | 4214 |
1 | ECA94FA8 | ishikawa | 2143 |
1 | EAAC62DF | cyb | ---1 |
1 | EA2D2C41 | malattia | -312 |
1 | E77AC835 | bcwhite(P) | |
1 | E66C9BB0 | tach | |
1 | E145F334 | mquinson | 2143 |
1 | E0BA04C1 | treinen | 321- |
1 | DFE80FB2 | tali | |
1 | DE054F69 | azekulic(P) | |
1 | DC814B09 | jfs | |
1 | CB467E27 | kalfa | |
1 | C9132DDB | yoush | -21- |
1 | C87FFC2F | stevenk | -1-- |
1 | C2CE8099 | knok | 321- |
1 | BED37FD2 | henning(Ks) | 1342 |
1 | BA0A7EB5 | treacy(P) | |
1 | B7D86E0F | cmb | 4213 |
1 | B62849B3 | smarenka | 2143 |
1 | B3C281F4 | alain | 2143 |
1 | B25A5CF1 | omote | |
1 | ABA0E8B2 | sasa | |
1 | AB474598 | baruch | 2143 |
1 | AB2A91F5 | troup | 1--2 |
1 | A827CEDE | afayolle(Gs) | |
1 | A6C805B9 | zorglub | 2134 |
1 | A674A359 | maehara | |
1 | A57D8BF7 | drew | 2143 |
1 | A269D927 | sharky | |
1 | A1696D2B | lfousse | 1232 |
1 | 9BF42B07 | zinoviev | --12 |
1 | 9057B5D3 | vanicat | 2143 |
1 | 8E950E00 | mechanix | |
1 | 8BB527AF | gwolf | 1132 |
1 | 8A1D9A1F | jgoerzen | |
1 | 8807529B | ultrotter | 2134 |
1 | 872EB4E5 | rcardenes | |
1 | 85EE3E0E | angdraug | 12-3 |
1 | 835EB2FF | bossekr | |
1 | 80C83E8E | igloo | 1243 |
1 | 7B8357E5 | andreas | 212- |
1 | 7B80220D | sjr(Gs) | 1342 |
1 | 7796A60B | sfllaw | 1342 |
1 | 75CB1AD2 | toni | 1--- |
1 | 746C51F4 | klindsay | |
1 | 72D03CB1 | kmuto | 4231 |
1 | 71473F66 | ttroxell | 13-4 |
1 | 6E76D81D | seanius | 1243 |
1 | 6C63746D | hector | |
1 | 6C5F196B | malex | 4213 |
1 | 6A9F3C38 | rkrishnan | |
1 | 68021CE4 | ron | ---1 |
1 | 66F24521 | pyro | -123 |
1 | 631B4819 | anfra | |
1 | 62EEAD8B | falk | 1342 |
1 | 61326D40 | jamessan | 13-4 |
1 | 609CD2C0 | berin | --1- |
1 | 5D8CDA7B | guus | 1243 |
1 | 5D8C12EA | rganesan | |
1 | 5D64F870 | zobel | |
1 | 59EF5DBC | bs | |
1 | 57F045DC | camm | |
1 | 564EE4B6 | hazelsct | |
1 | 5623FC45 | moronito | 4213 |
1 | 551BE447 | torsten | |
1 | 54AD21B5 | warmenhoven | |
1 | 53BBA490 | sjg | |
1 | 532005DA | seamus | |
1 | 50973B91 | pjb | 2143 |
1 | 4F83C751 | kmccarty | 12-3 |
1 | 4DB97694 | khkim | |
1 | 4CD6E3D2 | wjl | 4213 |
1 | 4A8854E6 | weinholt | 1243 |
1 | 4950EAA6 | ajkessel | |
1 | 4298C761 | robertc(Ks) | |
1 | 42955682 | kamop | |
1 | 3FD29468 | bengen | -213 |
1 | 3FD25C84 | roktas | 3142 |
1 | 3B047084 | madhack | |
1 | 39CCF0C7 | tagoh | 3142 |
1 | 39A8CCE2 | eugen | 31-2 |
1 | 38015E7E | thb | 1234 |
1 | 36B861C1 | bab | 2143 |
1 | 33FC40A4 | mennucc1 | 3214 |
1 | 2C0FCD1A | wdg | 4312 |
1 | 2B05B73A | rjs | |
1 | 258D8781 | grisu | 31-2 |
1 | 206C5AFD | chewie | -1-1 |
1 | 200D1596 | joy | 2143 |
1 | 1C74E0B7 | alfs | |
1 | 19D03486 | francois | 4123 |
1 | 18EA3457 | rvr | |
1 | 176015ED | evo | |
1 | 16BD77C6 | alfie | |
1 | 12AA1DB8 | jh | |
1 | 128287E8 | daf | |
1 | 09FC015C | godisch | |
1 | 06468DEB | fog | --12 |
1 | 05792F34 | rla | -21- |
1 | 028AF63C | forcer | 3142 |
1 | 004DA6B4 | bg66 | |
0 | . | zufus | -1-- |
0 | . | zoso | -123 |
0 | . | ykomatsu | -123 |
0 | . | xtifr | 1243 |
0 | . | xavier | -312 |
0 | . | wouter | 2143 |
0 | . | will | -132 |
0 | . | warp | 1342 |
0 | . | voss | 1342 |
0 | . | vlm | 2314 |
0 | . | vleeuwen | 4312 |
0 | . | vince | 2134 |
0 | . | ukai | 4123 |
0 | . | tytso | -12- |
0 | . | tjrc1 | 4213 |
0 | . | tats | -1-2 |
0 | . | tao | 1--2 |
0 | . | stone | 2134 |
0 | . | stevegr | 1243 |
0 | . | smig | -1-2 |
0 | . | siggi | 1-44 |
0 | . | shaul | 4213 |
0 | . | sharpone | 1243 |
0 | . | sfrost | 1342 |
0 | . | seb | -21- |
0 | . | salve | 4213 |
0 | . | ruoso | 1243 |
0 | . | rover | --12 |
0 | . | rmayr | -213 |
0 | . | riku | 4123 |
0 | . | rdonald | 12-3 |
0 | . | radu | -1-- |
0 | . | pzn | 112- |
0 | . | pronovic | 1243 |
0 | . | profeta | 321- |
0 | . | portnoy | 12-3 |
0 | . | porridge | 1342 |
0 | . | pmhahn | 4123 |
0 | . | pmachard | 1--2 |
0 | . | pkern | 3124 |
0 | . | pik | 1--2 |
0 | . | phil | 4213 |
0 | . | pfrauenf | 4213 |
0 | . | pfaffben | 2143 |
0 | . | p2 | 1243 |
0 | . | ossk | 1243 |
0 | . | oohara | 1234 |
0 | . | ohura | -213 |
0 | . | nwp | 1342 |
0 | . | noshiro | 4312 |
0 | . | noodles | 2134 |
0 | . | nomeata | 2143 |
0 | . | noahm | 3124 |
0 | . | nils | 3132 |
0 | . | nico | -213 |
0 | . | ms | 3124 |
0 | . | mpalmer | 2143 |
0 | . | moth | 3241 |
0 | . | mlang | 2134 |
0 | . | mjr | 1342 |
0 | . | mjg59 | 1342 |
0 | . | merker | 2--1 |
0 | . | mbuck | 2143 |
0 | . | mbrubeck | 1243 |
0 | . | madduck | 4123 |
0 | . | mace | -1-2 |
0 | . | luther | 1243 |
0 | . | luigi | 4213 |
0 | . | lss | -112 |
0 | . | lightsey | 1--2 |
0 | . | ley | -1-2 |
0 | . | ldrolez | --1- |
0 | . | lange | 4124 |
0 | . | kirk | 1342 |
0 | . | killer | 1243 |
0 | . | kelbert | -214 |
0 | . | juanma | 2134 |
0 | . | jtarrio | 1342 |
0 | . | jonas | 4312 |
0 | . | joerg | 1342 |
0 | . | jmintha | -21- |
0 | . | jimmy | 1243 |
0 | . | jerome | 21-- |
0 | . | jaqque | 1342 |
0 | . | jaq | 4123 |
0 | . | jamuraa | 4123 |
0 | . | iwj | 1243 |
0 | . | ivan | 2341 |
0 | . | hsteoh | 3142 |
0 | . | hilliard | 4123 |
0 | . | helen | 1243 |
0 | . | hecker | 3142 |
0 | . | hartmans | 1342 |
0 | . | guterm | 312- |
0 | . | gniibe | 4213 |
0 | . | glaweh | 4213 |
0 | . | gemorin | 4213 |
0 | . | gaudenz | 3142 |
0 | . | fw | 2134 |
0 | . | fmw | 12-3 |
0 | . | evan | 1--2 |
0 | . | ender | 4213 |
0 | . | elonen | 4123 |
0 | . | eevans | 13-4 |
0 | . | ean | -1-- |
0 | . | dwhedon | 4213 |
0 | . | duncf | 2133 |
0 | . | ds | 1342 |
0 | . | dparsons | 1342 |
0 | . | dlehn | 1243 |
0 | . | dfrey | -123 |
0 | . | deek | 1--2 |
0 | . | davidw | 4132 |
0 | . | davidc | 1342 |
0 | . | dave | 4113 |
0 | . | daenzer | 1243 |
0 | . | cupis | 1--- |
0 | . | cts | -213 |
0 | . | cph | 4312 |
0 | . | cmc | 2143 |
0 | . | clebars | 2143 |
0 | . | chaton | -21- |
0 | . | cgb | -12- |
0 | . | calvin | -1-2 |
0 | . | branden | 1342 |
0 | . | brad | 4213 |
0 | . | bnelson | 1342 |
0 | . | blarson | 1342 |
0 | . | benj | 3132 |
0 | . | bayle | -213 |
0 | . | baran | 1342 |
0 | . | az | 2134 |
0 | . | awm | 3124 |
0 | . | atterer | 4132 |
0 | . | andressh | 1--- |
0 | . | amu | 1--2 |
0 | . | akumria | -312 |
0 | . | ajt | 1144 |
0 | . | ajk | 1342 |
0 | . | agi | 2143 |
0 | . | adric | 2143 |
0 | . | adejong | 1243 |
0 | . | adamm | 12-- |
0 | . | aba | 1143 |