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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 9

Yes, "Top Scientists" is a bit of an over-promise. As for that one outlier, that might be me. I study networks for fun, but don't engage much in social media myself. The many follows are part of the experiment; I bulk follow or unfollow from time to time. Hope nobody minds.

Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 9

Yes, we considered many variations of the metric. It's hard to come up with something that's simple, standard, easy to implement, etc. Suggestions more than welcome

Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 9

Nice. From the docs, I was convinced that you would only ever get 100. So that a second requests would just get you the same 100 posts again. But if you got 500 unique posts, I was wrong. Working in R too, btw. github.com/bluesky-soci...

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Maybe I should put everybody on a list. (Haven't tried lists before.)

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Mutually comment relationship" -- is that if two users both comment on each others post? There's a limitation in the API, you can (I think) only get 100 posts and replies per user, so that complicates things a bit.

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 8

I don't disagree. Maybe the list name is a bit off; full name is "Influential Members of the Science Community", but when that gets awkward, sometimes we do "Top scientists" or similar.

Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Good observation. Posting activity and post content are not criteria for the algo, imperfect as that might be

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Sorry no, for this to work, we really need an hard, rule based algo, imperfect as it may be

Scientists on Bluesky - A Simple Algorithm to Build a Network from Bluesky

Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 8

No, the full thing is not available, sorry. I'm considering if it should be, somehow.

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hi @joehodson.bsky.social, you made it to list of the science community, because the algo included you. Likely because you follow or are followed by people in academia, and include a few terms that are sometimes associated with academia/science/research. Full methodology is explained at the site.

Scientists on Bluesky - What are they posting?

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Sep 8

My favorite side project these days: Analyzing the Bluesky Science community (with @mkeyoung.bsky.social). Just finished a write-up of an angle not explored until now: A look at the most popular posts from the most influential network members. Lots of examples and some funky graphics—fun to explore!

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you for the kind words @johnbohannon.bsky.social

Scientists on Bluesky - What is this?

Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · May 12

So happy to share another update of the growing network of scientists & researchers on Bluesky. ~18k science enthusiasts! With @mkeyoung.bsky.social

✨ See the 100 most influential ones
📊 Explore the interactive visualization
📄 Dive into our methodology
lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...

Scientists on Bluesky - Compare Newer and Older Net

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Apr 29

Love this bit: "He had adjusted tariffs like a DJ spinning knobs in the booth, upsetting the rhythms of global trade and inducing vertigo in the financial markets."

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Nov 26

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social 👆

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Nov 26

Great question, thanks for asking. Both biologist and physicist are in the list of keywords, but that doesn't mean the list is perfect. This note has a description of how we expanded the list in the latest iteration. It's all work in progress. lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...

Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Nov 21

Good point, will add archaeology as a key term for next iteration. 🙏

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Nov 14

The community of scientists and science-lovers is gathering on Bluesky, it seems. Have a look at lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...

Mike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social · Nov 14

🌍 We have just released a NEW global top 100 list of scientist and science communicators on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I map out the new emerging community: How are the research fields clustered? All likes, reshares, and love 😍 is appreciated! mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...

Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.

Communities of scientists are emerging on Bluesky - Mike Young Academy

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Mike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social · Aug 7

🌍 We have just extracted a NEW global network of researchers and a global 100 scientist top ‘influencers’ on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I show that scientists are in a series of distinct communities: mikeyoungacademy.dk/communities-...
😀 All 'likes' and reshares appreciated!

Global network data: The ‘nicer’ alternative to X is fortifying its presence in fields that range from philosophy to chemistry, finance, and beyond.

Ethics part 4: Ethical duties and commitments on social media - Mike Young Academy

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Mike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social · May 22

Do you link people together on BlueskySocial who don't know each other yet? 🤔 A key part of science is linking people for jobs, research, and collaboration. 'Triadic closure' in my latest blog post #ScienceEthics @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social mikeyoungacademy.dk/ethics-part-... #moralphil

On ethics — It is not all about you! Generosity and the obligations we have to others as scientists on social media

Se hvem som har mest innflytelse på Bluesky

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Mike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social · Mar 6

🌟 My research with @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social on Bluesky Social's 'most influential' researchers has been featured by Norwegian news platform Khrono 🌟
www.khrono.no/se-hvem-som-...

Ingen norske blant de hundre mest inflytelsesrike forskerne på det «nye» sosiale mediet Bluesky.

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Feb 21

Ingen eksplicit skelnen mellem "scientific" og "academic". Det afgørende er, om man bliver fulgt af tilpas mange fra det videnskabelige miljø, OG har en beskrivelse der smager af videnskab/akademia/research

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Lasse Hjorth Madsen @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social · Feb 21

Together with @mkeyoung.bsky.social, I had a first go at establishing and analysing a Bluesky network of researchers. Have a look at the top-100 list of most influential researchers, and the mesmerising 3d-visualisation here: lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...

Scientists on Bluesky - What is this?

A global network of scientists on Bluesky Social - Mike Young Academy

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Mike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social · Feb 21

We have generated a new graph and list for Bluesky Social which shows where the scientists are congregating, and what research communities are being shaped!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/a-global-net...
Check out @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social 's Github here: lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...

We have worked out a network of scientists and researchers on the new social media platform Bluesky Social! And a new global list of 100 science ‘influencers’ on the new microblogging alternative for ...