CommentR Interaction Dataset

The CommentR Interaction Dataset is a large-scale collection of human-LLM interactions from Weibo, focusing on posts where users actively mention the LLM agent account @CommentR. This dataset contains 557,645 posts, along with the corresponding 304,400 unique users and all related comments, enabling research into user engagement patterns, demographic traits, and language behaviors in public interactions with a social media AI agent.

Here's a sample dataset containing 1,000 posts, along with their associated users and comments, available directly in this repository.

The full dataset can be accessed via Zenodo.

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Data Collection

• Time Span:

  • Collected from December 1, 2023 to April 30, 2025
  • CommentR was launched on December 8, 2023
  • Data collection began in March 2024, backfilling earlier data, and was updated monthly

• Collection Method:

  • Queried Weibo Search for posts containing @CommentR
  • 1-second delay between requests to avoid server overload

Dataset Scale and Demographics

• Total posts mentioning @CommentR: 557,645

• Unique users: 304,400

• Reply statistics:

  • 298,173 posts received at least one reply
  • 1,028,364 total replies (from both CommentR and human users)

Data Structure

Each record in the dataset includes:

File	Attributes
User profile	User ID, nickname, avatar URL, verification status, bio, followers/friends count, statuses count, gender, location, membership rank/type, birthday, account creation time, IP location, sunshine credit, label description
Post metadata	Post ID, mblogid, creation time, geo, IP location, reposts count, comments count, likes count, source, content, image URLs/number, isLongText, is_retweet, user info
Comment metadata	Comment ID, root post ID, root comment ID, creation time, likes count, IP location, content, comment user info, replied comment info (if exists)

Data Sample

users.json

{
    "_id": "db8a21761a96b75c86eec09bb46adf7a",
    "avatar_hd": "https://tvax2.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.512.512.1024/007OtLHVly8hag5b1x4i1j30e80e83z0.jpg?KID=imgbed,tva&Expires=1728599961&ssig=HrDFcBRqIk",
    "nick_name": "df9f8405e90dfa096f1866b7a4705047",
    "verified": false,
    "description": "震魂",
    "followers_count": 1518,
    "friends_count": 607,
    "statuses_count": 932,
    "gender": "f",
    "location": "山西",
    "mbrank": 3,
    "mbtype": 2,
    "birthday": "天秤座",
    "created_at": "2019-05-24 23:53:19",
    "desc_text": "",
    "ip_location": "IP属地：上海",
    "sunshine_credit": "信用极好",
    "label_desc": [
        "视频累计播放量1.9万"
    ]
}

posts.json

{
    "_id": "80a68086e638dc9eff231c2578e728aa",
    "mblogid": "8c24aa33e83fb3aed96fa8172f70c911",
    "created_at": "2025-01-11 21:50:32",
    "geo": null,
    "ip_location": "发布于 浙江",
    "reposts_count": 0,
    "comments_count": 3,
    "source": "iPhone 14",
    "content": "#评论罗伯特总结我的2024# @评论罗伯特 总结我的2024 ",
    "pic_urls": [
        "https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/orj960/9c24ca47gy1hxh5r0mq5pj22c03404qq",
        "https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/orj960/9c24ca47gy1hxh5r1xww8j23402c0b2a",
        "https://wx1.sinaimg.cn/orj960/9c24ca47gy1hxh5rs3osvj22sn253kjo"
    ],
    "pic_num": 3,
    "isLongText": false,
    "is_retweet": false,
    "user": {
        "_id": "a9144436e7594f5e5c39ddcb24ef8097",
        "avatar_hd": "https://tvax2.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.1080.1080.1024/9c24ca47ly8hmbfx2bhv5j20u00u079d.jpg?KID=imgbed,tva&Expires=1746493182&ssig=6O4TqfBWoF",
        "nick_name": "369ea88d6dfb04ef113ebf1f0d6785d3",
        "verified": false,
        "mbrank": 3,
        "mbtype": 2
    },
    "likes_count": 12
}

comments.json

{
    "created_at": "2024-01-04 20:51:35",
    "_id": "3ef5e62367423d72a89b5a71704155e6",
    "ip_location": "来自湖南",
    "content": "怎么不愿意可恶",
    "comment_user": {
        "_id": "e1225d5574a287bff8a3b342ef633963",
        "avatar_hd": "https://tvax2.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.1080.1080.1024/008utg7kly8hts5dbp5v8j30u00u0n00.jpg?KID=imgbed,tva&Expires=1727493599&ssig=pLLJJu%2Bo4w",
        "nick_name": "9c5796d494700d20b9e2034ad9dbf927",
        "verified": true,
        "description": "点进我主页默认你点进我主页",
        "followers_count": 13996,
        "friends_count": 2915,
        "statuses_count": 17107,
        "gender": "f",
        "location": "海外",
        "mbrank": 6,
        "mbtype": 12,
        "verified_type": 0,
        "verified_reason": "微博原创视频博主"
    },
    "reply_comment": {
        "_id": "4ce4b22f1a2594415087bb5ee626d102",
        "text": "[偷笑][偷笑]",
        "user": {
            "_id": "7d25da456dd4d0ec9fc69b54073a9679",
            "avatar_hd": "https://tvax3.sinaimg.cn/crop.0.0.1080.1080.1024/007EUKxsgy1hu2hzozkzkj30u00u0gov.jpg?KID=imgbed,tva&Expires=1727493599&ssig=YzORDJhcRX",
            "nick_name": "718707e73d537ccc39399d7022ff47d4",
            "verified": true,
            "description": "只要你开心这条路怎么走都是对的",
            "followers_count": 39375,
            "friends_count": 1925,
            "statuses_count": 6401,
            "gender": "f",
            "location": "重庆",
            "mbrank": 1,
            "mbtype": 12,
            "credit_score": 80,
            "created_at": "2019-03-02 15:14:12",
            "verified_type": 0,
            "verified_reason": "超话粉丝大咖（徐璐超话） 超话粉丝大咖（徐艺洋超话）"
        }
    },
    "root_comment_id": "4ce4b22f1a2594415087bb5ee626d102",
    "root_post_mblogid": "6f9edc9c490c8ed693ae99bb5fd32ab3",
    "likes_count": 0
}

Citation

@inproceedings{
  title={{A Large-Scale Dataset of Interactions Between Weibo Users and Platform-Empowered LLM Agent}},
  author={Gu, Shaokui and Yin, Yongjie and Gong, Qingyuan and Tong, Fenghua and Zhou, Yipeng and Duan, Qiang and Chen, Yang},
  journal={Proceedings of the 34th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management},
  year={2025},
  pages={}
}