论文标题
传奇：Reddit上的民间传说
Legends: Folklore on Reddit
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论文摘要
在本文中，我们介绍了Reddit Legends，这是一系列在Reddit上闻名的尊敬的旧帖子。为了建立Reddit传说在计算科学/HCI和民俗学中的实用性，我们研究了两个主要问题：（1）它们是否可以被视为民间传说，即是否具有一致的形式，文化意义和自发传播，以及（2）是否可以以系统的方式进行研究。通过几个子任务，包括创建类型学，对Reddit Legends的参考分析以及对参考行为的某些文本特征的检查，我们表明Reddit Legends确实可以被视为民间传说，并且可以对基于系统的文本方法进行评估。我们讨论这些结果将如何使对Reddit的民间传说的未来分析，包括跟踪范围内的范围内和个人用户行为，以及这种行为与其他文化标志物的关系。
In this paper we introduce Reddit legends, a collection of venerated old posts that have become famous on Reddit. To establish the utility of Reddit legends for both computational science/HCI and folkloristics, we investigate two main questions: (1) whether they can be considered folklore, i.e. if they have consistent form, cultural significance, and undergo spontaneous transmission, and (2) whether they can be studied in a systematic manner. Through several subtasks, including the creation of a typology, an analysis of references to Reddit legends, and an examination of some of the textual characteristics of referencing behaviour, we show that Reddit legends can indeed be considered as folklore and that they are amendable to systematic text-based approaches. We discuss how these results will enable future analyses of folklore on Reddit, including tracking subreddit-wide and individual-user behaviour, and the relationship of this behaviour to other cultural markers.
