[bhauer]

The most fascinating section of this, in my opinion, is the "Rivalries" at the bottom that show the relationship between liking X and disliking Y.

However, what isn't clear to me is whether this is one-directional or a blended bi-directional rivalry. For example, the third item from the bottom is iOS : Android. Is this the coefficient of liking iOS and disliking Android or is it a coefficient of liking either and disliking the other? Can anyone clarify that?

[var_explained]

OP author here: the rivalries there are directional, "if you liked X, you probably disliked Y", but not vice versa. (One thing I find interesting is that most rivalries really are directional: you see git users disliking svn, but not svn users disliking git).

Perhaps there's a way I could make that clearer in the post!

[bhauer]

> OP author here: the rivalries there are directional, "if you liked X, you probably disliked Y", but not vice versa. (One thing I find interesting is that most rivalries really are directional: you see git users disliking svn, but not svn users disliking git).

Awesome, thank you! I agree that the direction of the rivalry is an interesting part of it.

I just noticed that "backend : frontend" and "frontend : backend" both appear on the chart, which implicitly answered my question.

Perhaps another sentence or two that highlights this would help readers understand the directional nature of the chart. For example: These rivalries are directional, which demonstrates how rivalries are often asymmetrical. For example, as seen in the results chart, those who like backend have more distaste for frontend than vice-versa.

[nobodyorother]

The ":" implies bidirectionality (or at least, non-directionality), you could clarify it in the graph by replacing ":" with "dislikes" or "->".

[erikpukinskis]

As a coder, : is pretty directional in my head.

A greater than sign would be explanatory tho.

[lifthrasiir]

Yeah. I first observed this and was confused because the phi coefficient should be symmetric---I understood what's going on only after proof-reading the description (again).

[rhn_mk1]

backend : frontend and the reverse are both present, that implies unidirectional relationship.

I like how illustrative it is in the general context of rivalries: I observed that people are most negative towards their neighbors, as opposed to those who are very different.

Perhaps it's because similar agents need to compete for similar resources?