quantitative color coding

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added ElasticSearch full-text search over instance domains and descriptions.
 - Search results are now highlighted on the graph.
 - When you hover a search result, it is now highlighted on the graph.
+- Instance details now show activity rate (average number of statuses posted per day).
+- It's now possible to color code by activity rate.
 
 ### Changed
 

README.md

@@ -59,22 +59,31 @@ If running in docker, this means you run
 This project doesn't crawl personal instances: the goal is to understand communities, not individuals. The threshold for what makes an instance "personal" is defined in the [backend config](backend/config/config.exs) and the [graph builder SQL](gephi/src/main/java/space/fediverse/graph/GraphBuilder.java).
 
 ## Deployment
+
 You don't have to follow these instructions, but it's one way to set up a continuous deployment pipeline. The following are for the backend; the frontend is just a static HTML/JS site that can be deployed anywhere.
+
 1. Install [Dokku](http://dokku.viewdocs.io/dokku/) on your web server.
 2. Install [dokku-postgres](https://github.com/dokku/dokku-postgres), [dokku-monorepo](https://github.com/notpushkin/dokku-monorepo), and [dokku-letsencrypt](https://github.com/dokku/dokku-letsencrypt).
 3. Create the apps
-  * `dokku apps:create phoenix`
-  * `dokku apps:create gephi`
+
+- `dokku apps:create phoenix`
+- `dokku apps:create gephi`
+
 4. Create the backing database
-  * `dokku postgres:create fediversedb`
-  * `dokku postgres:link fediversedb phoenix`
-  * `dokku postgres:link fediversedb gephi`
+
+- `dokku postgres:create fediversedb`
+- `dokku postgres:link fediversedb phoenix`
+- `dokku postgres:link fediversedb gephi`
+
 5. Update the backend configuration. In particular, change the `user_agent` in [config.exs](/backend/config/config.exs) to something descriptive.
 6. Push the apps, e.g. `git push dokku@<DOMAIN>:phoenix` (note that the first push cannot be from the CD pipeline).
 7. Set up SSL for the Phoenix app
-  * `dokku letsencrypt phoenix`
-  * `dokku letsencrypt:cron-job --add`
+
+- `dokku letsencrypt phoenix`
+- `dokku letsencrypt:cron-job --add`
+
 8. Set up a cron job for the graph layout (use the `dokku` user). E.g.
+
 ```
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 0 2 * * * /usr/bin/dokku run gephi java -Xmx1g -jar build/libs/graphBuilder.jar
@@ -82,6 +91,6 @@ SHELL=/bin/bash
 
 ## Acknowledgements
 
-[![NLnet logo](https://i.imgur.com/huV3rvo.png)](https://nlnet.nl/project/fediverse_space/)
+[![NLnet logo](/nlnet-logo.png)](https://nlnet.nl/project/fediverse_space/)
 
 Many thanks to [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/project/fediverse_space/) for their support and guidance of this project.

backend/config/config.exs

@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ config :backend, Backend.Scheduler,
     {"15 0 * * *", {Backend.Scheduler, :generate_edges, []}},
     # 00.30 every night
     {"30 0 * * *", {Backend.Scheduler, :generate_insularity_scores, []}},
+    # 00.45 every night
+    {"45 0 * * *", {Backend.Scheduler, :generate_status_rate, []}},
     # Every 3 hours
     {"0 */3 * * *", {Backend.Scheduler, :check_for_spam_instances, []}}
   ]

backend/lib/backend/api.ex

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ defmodule Backend.Api do
         i.user_count >= ^user_threshold and not i.opt_out
     )
     |> maybe_filter_nodes_to_neighborhood(domain)
-    |> select([c], [:domain, :user_count, :x, :y, :type])
+    |> select([c], [:domain, :user_count, :x, :y, :type, :statuses_per_day])
     |> Repo.all()
   end
 

backend/lib/backend/instance.ex

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ defmodule Backend.Instance do
     field :version, :string
     field :insularity, :float
     field :type, :string
+    field :statuses_per_day, :float
     field :base_domain, :string
     field :opt_in, :boolean
     field :opt_out, :boolean
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ defmodule Backend.Instance do
       :insularity,
       :updated_at,
       :type,
+      :statuses_per_day,
       :base_domain,
       :opt_in,
       :opt_out

backend/lib/backend/scheduler.ex

@@ -76,6 +76,61 @@ defmodule Backend.Scheduler do
     )
   end
 
+  @doc """
+  This function calculates the average number of statuses per hour over the last month.
+  """
+  def generate_status_rate() do
+    now = get_now()
+    # We want the earliest sucessful crawl so that we can exclude it from the statistics.
+    # This is because the first crawl goes up to one month into the past -- this would mess up the counts!
+    # The statistics from here assume that all statuses were written at exactly the crawl's inserted_at timestamp.
+    earliest_successful_crawl_subquery =
+      Crawl
+      |> group_by([c], c.instance_domain)
+      |> select([c], %{
+        instance_domain: c.instance_domain,
+        earliest_crawl: min(c.inserted_at)
+      })
+
+    instances =
+      Crawl
+      |> join(:inner, [c], c2 in subquery(earliest_successful_crawl_subquery),
+        on: c.instance_domain == c2.instance_domain
+      )
+      |> where(
+        [c, c2],
+        c.inserted_at > c2.earliest_crawl and not is_nil(c.statuses_seen) and is_nil(c.error)
+      )
+      |> select([c], %{
+        instance_domain: c.instance_domain,
+        status_count: sum(c.statuses_seen),
+        second_earliest_crawl: min(c.inserted_at)
+      })
+      |> group_by([c], c.instance_domain)
+      |> Repo.all()
+      |> Enum.map(fn %{
+                       instance_domain: domain,
+                       status_count: status_count,
+                       second_earliest_crawl: oldest_timestamp
+                     } ->
+        time_diff_days = NaiveDateTime.diff(now, oldest_timestamp, :second) / (3600 * 24)
+
+        # (we're actually only ever updating, not inserting, so inserted_at will always be ignored...)
+        %{
+          domain: domain,
+          statuses_per_day: status_count / time_diff_days,
+          updated_at: now,
+          inserted_at: now
+        }
+      end)
+
+    Instance
+    |> Repo.insert_all(instances,
+      on_conflict: {:replace, [:statuses_per_day, :updated_at]},
+      conflict_target: :domain
+    )
+  end
+
   @doc """
   This function aggregates statistics from the interactions in the database.
   It calculates the strength of edges between nodes. Self-edges are not generated.

backend/lib/backend_web/views/graph_view.ex

@@ -3,9 +3,24 @@ defmodule BackendWeb.GraphView do
   alias BackendWeb.GraphView
 
   def render("index.json", %{nodes: nodes, edges: edges}) do
+    statuses_per_day =
+      nodes
+      |> Enum.map(fn %{statuses_per_day: statuses_per_day} -> statuses_per_day end)
+      |> Enum.filter(fn s -> s != nil end)
+
     %{
-      nodes: render_many(nodes, GraphView, "node.json", as: :node),
-      edges: render_many(edges, GraphView, "edge.json", as: :edge)
+      graph: %{
+        nodes: render_many(nodes, GraphView, "node.json", as: :node),
+        edges: render_many(edges, GraphView, "edge.json", as: :edge)
+      },
+      metadata: %{
+        ranges: %{
+          statusesPerDay: [
+            Enum.min(statuses_per_day),
+            Enum.max(statuses_per_day)
+          ]
+        }
+      }
     }
   end
 
@@ -22,7 +37,8 @@ defmodule BackendWeb.GraphView do
         id: node.domain,
         label: node.domain,
         size: size,
-        type: node.type
+        type: node.type,
+        statusesPerDay: node.statuses_per_day
       },
       position: %{
         x: node.x,

backend/lib/backend_web/views/instance_view.ex

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ defmodule BackendWeb.InstanceView do
           peers: render_many(filtered_peers, InstanceView, "instance.json"),
           lastUpdated: last_updated,
           status: status,
-          type: instance.type
+          type: instance.type,
+          statusesPerDay: instance.statuses_per_day
         }
     end
   end

backend/priv/repo/migrations/20190727140717_add_statuses_per_day.exs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+defmodule Backend.Repo.Migrations.AddStatusesPerHour do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    alter table(:instances) do
+      add :statuses_per_day, :float
+    end
+  end
+end

frontend/src/components/atoms/FloatingCard.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import styled from "styled-components";
 
 const FloatingCardRow = styled.div`
   display: flex;
+  max-width: 250px;
 `;
 const FloatingCardElement = styled(Card)`
   margin: 0 0 10px 10px;

frontend/src/components/atoms/GraphKey.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-import { Button, Classes, H5, H6, MenuItem } from "@blueprintjs/core";
+import { Button, Classes, H5, MenuItem } from "@blueprintjs/core";
 import { IconNames } from "@blueprintjs/icons";
 import { ItemRenderer, Select } from "@blueprintjs/select";
+import * as numeral from "numeral";
 import React from "react";
 import styled from "styled-components";
 import { FloatingCard, InstanceType } from ".";
-import { IColorSchemeType } from "../../types";
+import { QUANTITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME } from "../../constants";
+import { IColorScheme } from "../../types";
 
-const ColorSchemeSelect = Select.ofType<IColorSchemeType>();
+const ColorSchemeSelect = Select.ofType<IColorScheme>();
 
 const StyledLi = styled.li`
   margin-top: 2px;
@@ -14,16 +16,49 @@ const StyledLi = styled.li`
 const StyledKeyContainer = styled.div`
   margin-top: 10px;
 `;
+const ColorKeyContainer = styled.div`
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  height: 100px;
+`;
+const ColorBarContainer = styled.div`
+  width: 10px;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  margin-right: 10px;
+`;
+interface IColorBarProps {
+  color: string;
+}
+const ColorBar = styled.div<IColorBarProps>`
+  width: 10px;
+  background-color: ${props => props.color};
+  flex: 1;
+`;
+const TextContainer = styled.div`
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+`;
 
 interface IGraphKeyProps {
-  current?: IColorSchemeType;
-  colorSchemes: IColorSchemeType[];
-  onItemSelect: (colorScheme?: IColorSchemeType) => void;
+  current?: IColorScheme;
+  colorSchemes: IColorScheme[];
+  ranges?: { [key: string]: [number, number] };
+  onItemSelect: (colorScheme?: IColorScheme) => void;
 }
-const GraphKey: React.FC<IGraphKeyProps> = ({ current, colorSchemes, onItemSelect }) => {
+const GraphKey: React.FC<IGraphKeyProps> = ({ current, colorSchemes, ranges, onItemSelect }) => {
   const unsetColorScheme = () => {
     onItemSelect(undefined);
   };
+  let key;
+  if (current) {
+    if (current.type === "qualitative") {
+      key = renderQualitativeKey(current.values);
+    } else if (current.type === "quantitative") {
+      key = renderQuantitativeKey(ranges![current.cytoscapeDataKey]);
+    }
+  }
   return (
     <FloatingCard>
       <H5>Color coding</H5>
@@ -42,27 +77,49 @@ const GraphKey: React.FC<IGraphKeyProps> = ({ current, colorSchemes, onItemSelec
         />
         <Button icon={IconNames.SMALL_CROSS} minimal={true} onClick={unsetColorScheme} disabled={!current} />
       </ColorSchemeSelect>
-      {current && (
-        <StyledKeyContainer>
-          <H6>Key</H6>
-          <ul className={Classes.LIST_UNSTYLED}>
-            {current.values.map(v => (
-              <StyledLi key={v}>
-                <InstanceType type={v} />
-              </StyledLi>
-            ))}
-          </ul>
-        </StyledKeyContainer>
+      <br />
+      {!!current && !!key && (
+        <>
+          {current.description && <span className={Classes.TEXT_MUTED}>{current.description}</span>}
+          <StyledKeyContainer>{key}</StyledKeyContainer>
+        </>
       )}
     </FloatingCard>
   );
 };
 
-const renderItem: ItemRenderer<IColorSchemeType> = (colorScheme, { handleClick, modifiers }) => {
+const renderItem: ItemRenderer<IColorScheme> = (colorScheme, { handleClick, modifiers }) => {
   if (!modifiers.matchesPredicate) {
     return null;
   }
   return <MenuItem active={modifiers.active} key={colorScheme.name} onClick={handleClick} text={colorScheme.name} />;
 };
 
+const renderQualitativeKey = (values: string[]) => (
+  <ul className={Classes.LIST_UNSTYLED}>
+    {values.map(v => (
+      <StyledLi key={v}>
+        <InstanceType type={v} />
+      </StyledLi>
+    ))}
+  </ul>
+);
+
+const renderQuantitativeKey = (range: number[]) => {
+  const [min, max] = range;
+  return (
+    <ColorKeyContainer>
+      <ColorBarContainer>
+        {QUANTITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME.map((color, idx) => (
+          <ColorBar color={color} />
+        ))}
+      </ColorBarContainer>
+      <TextContainer>
+        <span className={Classes.TEXT_SMALL}>{numeral.default(min).format("0")}</span>
+        <span className={Classes.TEXT_SMALL}>{numeral.default(max).format("0")}</span>
+      </TextContainer>
+    </ColorKeyContainer>
+  );
+};
+
 export default GraphKey;

frontend/src/components/molecules/Cytoscape.tsx

@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_NODE_COLOR,
   HOVERED_NODE_COLOR,
   QUALITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME,
+  QUANTITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME,
   SEARCH_RESULT_COLOR,
   SELECTED_NODE_COLOR
 } from "../../constants";
-import { IColorSchemeType } from "../../types";
+import { IColorScheme } from "../../types";
+import { getBuckets } from "../../util";
 
 const CytoscapeContainer = styled.div`
   width: 100%;
@@ -20,10 +22,11 @@ const CytoscapeContainer = styled.div`
 `;
 
 interface ICytoscapeProps {
-  colorScheme?: IColorSchemeType;
+  colorScheme?: IColorScheme;
   currentNodeId: string | null;
   elements: cytoscape.ElementsDefinition;
   hoveringOver?: string;
+  ranges?: { [key: string]: [number, number] };
   searchResultIds?: string[];
   navigateToInstancePath?: (domain: string) => void;
   navigateToRoot?: () => void;
@@ -251,15 +254,33 @@ class Cytoscape extends React.PureComponent<ICytoscapeProps> {
     let style = this.cy.style() as any;
     if (!colorScheme) {
       this.resetNodeColorScheme();
-    } else {
+      return;
+    } else if (colorScheme.type === "qualitative") {
       colorScheme.values.forEach((v, idx) => {
         style = style.selector(`node[${colorScheme.cytoscapeDataKey} = '${v}']`).style({
           "background-color": QUALITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME[idx]
         });
       });
+    } else if (colorScheme.type === "quantitative") {
+      const dataKey = colorScheme.cytoscapeDataKey;
+      if (!this.props.ranges || !this.props.ranges[dataKey]) {
+        throw new Error("Expected a range but did not receive one!");
+      }
+      // Create buckets for the range and corresponding classes
+      const [minVal, maxVal] = this.props.ranges[dataKey];
+      const buckets = getBuckets(minVal, maxVal, QUANTITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME.length, colorScheme.exponential);
 
-      this.setNodeSearchColorScheme(style);
+      QUANTITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME.forEach((color, idx) => {
+        const min = buckets[idx];
+        // Make sure the max value is also included in a bucket!
+        const max = idx === QUANTITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME.length - 1 ? maxVal + 1 : buckets[idx + 1];
+        const selector = `node[${dataKey} >= ${min}][${dataKey} < ${max}]`;
+        style = style.selector(selector).style({
+          "background-color": color
+        });
+      });
     }
+    this.setNodeSearchColorScheme(style);
   };
 
   /**

frontend/src/components/molecules/GraphTools.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
 import styled from "styled-components";
-import { IColorSchemeType } from "../../types";
+import { IColorScheme } from "../../types";
 import { GraphKey, GraphResetButton } from "../atoms";
 
 const GraphToolsContainer = styled.div`
@@ -12,21 +12,28 @@ const GraphToolsContainer = styled.div`
 `;
 
 interface IGraphToolsProps {
-  currentColorScheme?: IColorSchemeType;
-  colorSchemes: IColorSchemeType[];
-  onColorSchemeSelect: (colorScheme?: IColorSchemeType) => void;
+  currentColorScheme?: IColorScheme;
+  colorSchemes: IColorScheme[];
+  ranges?: { [key: string]: [number, number] };
+  onColorSchemeSelect: (colorScheme?: IColorScheme) => void;
   onResetButtonClick: () => void;
 }
 const GraphTools: React.FC<IGraphToolsProps> = ({
   currentColorScheme,
   colorSchemes,
+  ranges,
   onColorSchemeSelect,
   onResetButtonClick
 }) => {
   return (
     <GraphToolsContainer>
       <GraphResetButton onClick={onResetButtonClick} />
-      <GraphKey current={currentColorScheme} colorSchemes={colorSchemes} onItemSelect={onColorSchemeSelect} />
+      <GraphKey
+        current={currentColorScheme}
+        colorSchemes={colorSchemes}
+        onItemSelect={onColorSchemeSelect}
+        ranges={ranges}
+      />
     </GraphToolsContainer>
   );
 };

frontend/src/components/organisms/Graph.tsx

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import { push } from "connected-react-router";
 import { Dispatch } from "redux";
 import styled from "styled-components";
 import { fetchGraph } from "../../redux/actions";
-import { IAppState, IGraph } from "../../redux/types";
-import { colorSchemes, IColorSchemeType } from "../../types";
+import { IAppState, IGraphResponse } from "../../redux/types";
+import { colorSchemes, IColorScheme } from "../../types";
 import { domainMatchSelector } from "../../util";
 import { Cytoscape, ErrorState, GraphTools } from "../molecules/";
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const GraphDiv = styled.div`
 interface IGraphProps {
   currentInstanceName: string | null;
   fetchGraph: () => void;
-  graph?: IGraph;
+  graphResponse?: IGraphResponse;
   graphLoadError: boolean;
   hoveringOverResult?: string;
   isLoadingGraph: boolean;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ interface IGraphProps {
   navigate: (path: string) => void;
 }
 interface IGraphState {
-  colorScheme?: IColorSchemeType;
+  colorScheme?: IColorScheme;
 }
 class GraphImpl extends React.PureComponent<IGraphProps, IGraphState> {
   private cytoscapeComponent: React.RefObject<Cytoscape>;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class GraphImpl extends React.PureComponent<IGraphProps, IGraphState> {
     let content;
     if (this.props.isLoadingGraph) {
       content = <NonIdealState icon={<Spinner />} title="Loading..." />;
-    } else if (this.props.graphLoadError || !this.props.graph) {
+    } else if (this.props.graphLoadError || !this.props.graphResponse) {
       content = <ErrorState />;
     } else {
       content = (
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ class GraphImpl extends React.PureComponent<IGraphProps, IGraphState> {
           <Cytoscape
             colorScheme={this.state.colorScheme}
             currentNodeId={this.props.currentInstanceName}
-            elements={this.props.graph}
+            elements={this.props.graphResponse.graph}
+            ranges={this.props.graphResponse.metadata.ranges}
             hoveringOver={this.props.hoveringOverResult}
             navigateToInstancePath={this.navigateToInstancePath}
             navigateToRoot={this.navigateToRoot}
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ class GraphImpl extends React.PureComponent<IGraphProps, IGraphState> {
             currentColorScheme={this.state.colorScheme}
             colorSchemes={colorSchemes}
             onColorSchemeSelect={this.setColorScheme}
+            ranges={this.props.graphResponse.metadata.ranges}
           />
         </>
       );
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ class GraphImpl extends React.PureComponent<IGraphProps, IGraphState> {
     }
   };
 
-  private setColorScheme = (colorScheme?: IColorSchemeType) => {
+  private setColorScheme = (colorScheme?: IColorScheme) => {
     this.setState({ colorScheme });
   };
 
@@ -101,8 +103,8 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state: IAppState) => {
   const match = domainMatchSelector(state);
   return {
     currentInstanceName: match && match.params.domain,
-    graph: state.data.graph,
     graphLoadError: state.data.error,
+    graphResponse: state.data.graphResponse,
     hoveringOverResult: state.search.hoveringOverResult,
     isLoadingGraph: state.data.isLoadingGraph,
     searchResultDomains: state.search.results.map(r => r.name)

frontend/src/components/screens/AboutScreen.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Classes, Code, H1, H2, H4 } from "@blueprintjs/core";
 import * as React from "react";
+import nlnetLogo from "../../assets/nlnet.png";
 import { Page } from "../atoms/";
 
 const AboutScreen: React.FC = () => (
@@ -33,24 +34,32 @@ const AboutScreen: React.FC = () => (
     </p>
 
     <H4>How do I add my personal instance?</H4>
-    <p className={Classes.RUNNING_TEXT}>
-      Send a DM to{" "}
-      <a href="https://cursed.technology/@fediversespace" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
-        @fediversespace
-      </a>{" "}
-      on Mastodon. Make sure to send it from the account that's listed as the instance admin.
-    </p>
+    <p className={Classes.RUNNING_TEXT}>Click on the Administration link in the top right to opt-in.</p>
 
     <H4>How do you calculate the strength of relationships between instances?</H4>
     <p className={Classes.RUNNING_TEXT}>
-      fediverse.space scrapes the last 5000 statuses from within the last month on the public timeline of each instance.
-      It looks at the ratio of
+      fediverse.space looks at statuses from within the last month on the public timeline of each instance. It
+      calculates at the ratio of
       <Code>mentions of an instance / total statuses</Code>. It uses a ratio rather than an absolute number of mentions
       to reflect that smaller instances can play a large role in a community.
     </p>
 
     <H2>Credits</H2>
-    <p className={Classes.RUNNING_TEXT}>This site is inspired by several other sites in the same vein:</p>
+
+    <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/fediverse_space/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+      <img src={nlnetLogo} alt="NLnet logo" width={160} height={60} />
+    </a>
+    <br />
+    <br />
+    <p className={Classes.RUNNING_TEXT}>
+      This project is proudly supported by{" "}
+      <a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/fediverse_space/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
+        NLnet
+      </a>
+      .
+    </p>
+
+    <p className={Classes.RUNNING_TEXT}>Inspiration for this site comes from several places:</p>
     <ul className={Classes.LIST}>
       <li>
         <a href="https://the-federation.info/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">

frontend/src/components/screens/InstanceScreen.tsx

@@ -259,7 +259,16 @@ class InstanceScreenImpl extends React.PureComponent<IInstanceScreenProps, IInst
     if (!this.props.instanceDetails) {
       throw new Error("Did not receive instance details as expected!");
     }
-    const { version, userCount, statusCount, domainCount, lastUpdated, insularity, type } = this.props.instanceDetails;
+    const {
+      version,
+      userCount,
+      statusCount,
+      domainCount,
+      lastUpdated,
+      insularity,
+      type,
+      statusesPerDay
+    } = this.props.instanceDetails;
     return (
       <StyledHTMLTable small={true} striped={true}>
         <tbody>
@@ -298,6 +307,25 @@ class InstanceScreenImpl extends React.PureComponent<IInstanceScreenProps, IInst
             </td>
             <td>{(insularity && numeral.default(insularity).format("0.0%")) || "Unknown"}</td>
           </tr>
+          <tr>
+            <td>
+              Statuses / day{" "}
+              <Tooltip
+                content={
+                  <span>
+                    The average number of statuses per day
+                    <br />
+                    over the last month.
+                  </span>
+                }
+                position={Position.TOP}
+                className={Classes.DARK}
+              >
+                <Icon icon={IconNames.HELP} iconSize={Icon.SIZE_STANDARD} />
+              </Tooltip>
+            </td>
+            <td>{(statusesPerDay && numeral.default(statusesPerDay).format("0.0")) || "Unknown"}</td>
+          </tr>
           <tr>
             <td>Known peers</td>
             <td>{(domainCount && numeral.default(domainCount).format("0,0")) || "Unknown"}</td>
@@ -430,7 +458,7 @@ class InstanceScreenImpl extends React.PureComponent<IInstanceScreenProps, IInst
 const mapStateToProps = (state: IAppState) => {
   const match = domainMatchSelector(state);
   return {
-    graph: state.data.graph,
+    graph: state.data.graphResponse && state.data.graphResponse.graph,
     instanceDetails: state.currentInstance.currentInstanceDetails,
     instanceLoadError: state.currentInstance.error,
     instanceName: match && match.params.domain,

frontend/src/constants.tsx

@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ export const QUALITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME = [
   "#AD99FF"
 ];
 
+// From https://blueprintjs.com/docs/#core/colors.sequential-color-schemes
+export const QUANTITATIVE_COLOR_SCHEME = [
+  "#FFB7A5",
+  "#F5A793",
+  "#EB9882",
+  "#E18970",
+  "#D77A60",
+  "#CC6A4F",
+  "#C15B3F",
+  "#B64C2F",
+  "#AA3C1F",
+  "#9E2B0E"
+];
+
 export const INSTANCE_DOMAIN_PATH = "/instance/:domain";
 export interface IInstanceDomainPath {
   domain: string;

frontend/src/redux/reducers.ts

@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ const initialDataState = {
   error: false,
   isLoadingGraph: false
 };
-const data = (state: IDataState = initialDataState, action: IAction) => {
+const data = (state: IDataState = initialDataState, action: IAction): IDataState => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case ActionType.REQUEST_GRAPH:
       return {
         ...state,
-        graph: undefined,
+        graphResponse: undefined,
         isLoadingGraph: true
       };
     case ActionType.RECEIVE_GRAPH:
       return {
         ...state,
-        graph: action.payload,
+        graphResponse: action.payload,
         isLoadingGraph: false
       };
     case ActionType.GRAPH_LOAD_ERROR:

frontend/src/redux/types.ts

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export interface IInstanceDetails {
   lastUpdated?: string;
   status: string;
   type?: string;
+  statusesPerDay?: number;
 }
 
 interface IGraphNode {
@@ -71,11 +72,20 @@ interface IGraphEdge {
   };
 }
 
+interface IGraphMetadata {
+  ranges: { [key: string]: [number, number] };
+}
+
 export interface IGraph {
   nodes: IGraphNode[];
   edges: IGraphEdge[];
 }
 
+export interface IGraphResponse {
+  graph: IGraph;
+  metadata: IGraphMetadata;
+}
+
 export interface ISearchResponse {
   results: ISearchResultInstance[];
   next: string | null;
@@ -91,7 +101,7 @@ export interface ICurrentInstanceState {
 }
 
 export interface IDataState {
-  graph?: IGraph;
+  graphResponse?: IGraphResponse;
   isLoadingGraph: boolean;
   error: boolean;
 }

frontend/src/types.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,37 @@
-export interface IColorSchemeType {
+interface IColorSchemeBase {
   // The name of the coloring, e.g. "Instance type"
   name: string;
   // The name of the key in a cytoscape node's `data` field to color by.
   // For example, use cytoscapeDataKey: "type" to color according to type.
   cytoscapeDataKey: string;
+  description?: string;
+  type: "qualitative" | "quantitative";
+}
+interface IQualitativeColorScheme extends IColorSchemeBase {
   // The values the color scheme is used for. E.g. ["mastodon", "pleroma", "misskey"].
   values: string[];
+  type: "qualitative";
+}
+interface IQuantitativeColorScheme extends IColorSchemeBase {
+  type: "quantitative";
+  exponential: boolean;
 }
 
-export const typeColorScheme: IColorSchemeType = {
+export type IColorScheme = IQualitativeColorScheme | IQuantitativeColorScheme;
+
+export const typeColorScheme: IQualitativeColorScheme = {
   cytoscapeDataKey: "type",
   name: "Instance type",
+  type: "qualitative",
   // We could also extract the values from the server response, but this would slow things down...
   values: ["mastodon", "gab", "pleroma"]
 };
+export const activityColorScheme: IQuantitativeColorScheme = {
+  cytoscapeDataKey: "statusesPerDay",
+  description: "The average number of statuses posted per day.",
+  exponential: true,
+  name: "Activity",
+  type: "quantitative"
+};
 
-export const colorSchemes: IColorSchemeType[] = [typeColorScheme];
+export const colorSchemes: IColorScheme[] = [typeColorScheme, activityColorScheme];

frontend/src/util.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { createMatchSelector } from "connected-react-router";
 import fetch from "cross-fetch";
+import { range } from "lodash";
 import { DESKTOP_WIDTH_THRESHOLD, IInstanceDomainPath, INSTANCE_DOMAIN_PATH } from "./constants";
 import { IAppState } from "./redux/types";
 
@@ -50,5 +51,20 @@ export const unsetAuthToken = () => {
 
 export const getAuthToken = () => {
   return sessionStorage.getItem("adminToken");
-  // TODO: check if it's expired, and if so a) delete it and b) return null
+};
+
+export const getBuckets = (min: number, max: number, steps: number, exponential: boolean) => {
+  if (exponential) {
+    const logSpace = range(steps).map(i => Math.E ** i);
+    // Scale the log space to the linear range
+    const logRange = logSpace[logSpace.length - 1] - logSpace[0];
+    const linearRange = max - min;
+    const scalingFactor = linearRange / logRange;
+    const translation = min - logSpace[0];
+    return logSpace.map(i => (i + translation) * scalingFactor);
+  } else {
+    // Linear
+    const bucketSize = Math.ceil((max - min) / steps);
+    return range(min, max, bucketSize);
+  }
 };