what makes a graph healthy vs unhealthy?
Very good question!
To start with, let's go over the anatomy of a graph!
Nodes : These are reblog versions of posts that have a lot of people reblogging from them! This is what a node looks like when not in a rigid graph!
Chains/lines : These are when there is only one reblog from another, and then one from that, which looks like this
What makes a healthy graph is a good ratio of nodes to chains, where you can see that nodes lead to chains and chains lead to nodes!
An UNhealthy graph is when the chains outnumber the graph or vice versa, there are large gaps inbetween nodes due to overly long chains, there is a single node that is too large, or there is a single chain that's too long.
But there's more than just the natural graph to consider! There are structured graphs to consider as well!
A healthy structured graph is evenly spaced, with a variation fan that's fairly consistent, and has minimal gapping
An unhealthy graph is unevenly spaced, often spirals on itself, has an inconsistent variation fan, and there are many gaps.
I take both versions of the graph, and take into account both their healthy and unhealthy traits before deciding that weather they follow under each of the two categories! Which is why you might see a healthy natural graph labeled as unhealthy, because the structured graph is so unhealthy that it overrules it.
