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Trigger-Action Programming
in the Wild:
An Analysis of 200,000 IFTTT Recipes
Blase Ur, Melwyn Pak Yong Ho, Stephen Brawner, Jiyun Lee,
Sarah Mennicken, Noah Picard, Diane Schulze, Michael Littman
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Trigger-Action Programming
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Trigger-Action Programming
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Trigger-Action Programming
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Trigger-Action Programming
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Trigger-Action Programming
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Trigger-Action Programming
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Trigger-Action Programming
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Trigger-Action Programming
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Trigger-Action Programming
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What are people
creating on ?
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Methodology
• Collect all publicly shared IFTTT recipes
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Methodology
• Collect all publicly shared IFTTT recipes
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Methodology
• Collect all publicly shared IFTTT recipes
– Using Selenium & ChromeDriver
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Methodology
• Collect all publicly shared IFTTT recipes
– Using Selenium & ChromeDriver
– As of September 6, 2015
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Methodology
• Collect all publicly shared IFTTT recipes
– Using Selenium & ChromeDriver
– As of September 6, 2015
– Compare to 2013 dataset (CHI 2014)
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Methodology
• Collect all publicly shared IFTTT recipes
– Using Selenium & ChromeDriver
– As of September 6, 2015
– Compare to 2013 dataset (CHI 2014)
• Characterize recipes & ecosystem
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Methodology
• Collect all publicly shared IFTTT recipes
– Using Selenium & ChromeDriver
– As of September 6, 2015
– Compare to 2013 dataset (CHI 2014)
• Characterize recipes & ecosystem
• Share dataset with other researchers
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Example
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Example: Trigger Channel
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Example: Trigger
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Example: Action Channel
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Example: Action
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Example: Author
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Example: Title
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Example: Adoptions
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Key Characteristics
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Key Characteristics
• Huge growth from 2013 2015
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Key Characteristics
• Huge growth from 2013 2015
– 67,820 recipes 224,590 recipes
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Key Characteristics
• Huge growth from 2013 2015
– 67,820 recipes 224,590 recipes
– 35,495 authors 106,452 authors
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Key Characteristics
• Huge growth from 2013 2015
– 67,820 recipes 224,590 recipes
– 35,495 authors 106,452 authors
• Many authors, but few are prolific
– Only 2.5% of authors shared 10+ recipes
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Key Characteristics
• Huge growth from 2013 2015
– 67,820 recipes 224,590 recipes
– 35,495 authors 106,452 authors
• Many authors, but few are prolific
– Only 2.5% of authors shared 10+ recipes
• Many connections are being made
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Key Characteristics
• Huge growth from 2013 2015
– 67,820 recipes 224,590 recipes
– 35,495 authors 106,452 authors
• Many authors, but few are prolific
– Only 2.5% of authors shared 10+ recipes
• Many connections are being made
– 15,961 unique trigger-action combinations
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Key Insights
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Key Insights
• IFTTT is big…and growing
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Key Insights
• IFTTT is big…and growing
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Key Insights
• IFTTT is big…and growing
• Adoptions vs. duplicated functionality
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Key Insights
• IFTTT is big…and growing
• Adoptions vs. duplicated functionality
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Key Insights
• IFTTT is big…and growing
• Adoptions vs. duplicated functionality
• Many diverse connections
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Key Insights
• IFTTT is big…and growing
• Adoptions vs. duplicated functionality
• Many diverse connections
Action channels
Trigger
channels
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Key Insights
• IFTTT is big…and growing
• Adoptions vs. duplicated functionality
• Many diverse connections
• ????????????
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Download the dataset at
www.upod.io/datasets
Trigger-Action Programming
in the Wild:
An Analysis of 200,000 IFTTT Recipes
Blase Ur, Melwyn Pak Yong Ho, Stephen Brawner, Jiyun Lee,
Sarah Mennicken, Noah Picard, Diane Schulze, Michael Littman
