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+import pandas as pd
+import numpy as np
+from sklearn.cluster import AffinityPropagation
+import fire
+
+def affinity_clustering(similarities, output, damping=0.5, max_iter=100000, convergence_iter=30, preference_quantile=0.5, random_state=1968):
+ '''
+ similarities: feather file with a dataframe of similarity scores
+ preference_quantile: parameter controlling how many clusters to make. higher values = more clusters. 0.85 is a good value with 3000 subreddits.
+ '''
+
+ df = pd.read_feather(similarities)
+ n = df.shape[0]
+ mat = np.array(df.drop('subreddit',1))
+ mat[range(n),range(n)] = 1
+
+ preference = np.quantile(mat,preference_quantile)
+
+ clustering = AffinityPropagation(damping=damping,
+ max_iter=max_iter,
+ convergence_iter=convergence_iter,
+ copy=False,
+ preference=preference,
+ affinity='precomputed',
+ random_state=random_state).fit(mat)
+
+
+ print(f"clustering took {clustering.n_iter_} iterations")
+ clusters = clustering.labels_
+
+ print(f"found {len(set(clusters))} clusters")
+
+ cluster_data = pd.DataFrame({'subreddit': df.subreddit,'cluster':clustering.labels_})
+
+ cluster_sizes = cluster_data.groupby("cluster").count()
+ print(f"the largest cluster has {cluster_sizes.subreddit.max()} members")
+
+ print(f"the median cluster has {cluster_sizes.subreddit.median()} members")
+
+ print(f"{(cluster_sizes.subreddit==1).sum()} clusters have 1 member")
+
+ cluster_data.to_feather(output)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ fire.Fire(affinity_clustering)