Context

The 2022 trucker strike, also known as the Freedom Convoy 2022, has become an internet sensation overnight. From spawning a slew of memes to gathering major industry mogul support to getting its own Wikipedia page, it has clearly become an internationally significant event.

This dataset aims to provide data scientists with the textual reactions of local redditors occupying the subreddit /r/Ottawa.

Content

This dataset contains all the comments under the ongoing Freedom Convoy megathreads in /r/Ottawa.

The dataset was procured using SocialGrep's API.

To preserve users' anonymity and to prevent targeted harassment, the data does not include usernames.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Zetong Li for generously providing the cover image for this dataset.

Inspiration

What are the Ottawa redditor community's views on the ongoing protest? What facets of their sentiment are most prominent?