Lasse Hjorth Madsen

Great advice here, if just want science, no drama, no politics, no hot takes:

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.

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

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...

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

"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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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...

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."

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social 👆

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...

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

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

Communities of scientists are emerging on Bluesky - Mike Young Academy Global network data: The ‘nicer’ alternative to X is fortifying its presence in fields that range from philosophy to chemistry, finance, and beyond.

🌍 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!

Ethics part 4: Ethical duties and commitments on social media - Mike Young Academy On ethics — It is not all about you! Generosity and the obligations we have to others as scientists on social media

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

Se hvem som har mest innflytelse på Bluesky Ingen norske blant de hundre mest inflytelsesrike forskerne på det «nye» sosiale mediet Bluesky.

🌟 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 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

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...

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

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...

Very nice piece, @monicamedhist.bsky.social, thanks for sharing it.

Bluesky is now open. Science Twitter, here’s how to use it! The once-great science twitter is, depending on who you talk to, either dying or dead. Once a vibrant place for many discussions related to my fields of marine biology, ocean conservation, and publ…

Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter.

Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪

www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...

Spent some time working with the Blue Sky Social API recently and having a lot of fun. Especially when comparing to the costly X API that overpromise and underdeliver.

To everyone who wonder why I just followed them: Together with @mkeyoung.bsky.social I'm researching how professional networks form on social media. I might follow or unfollow a large number of users from time to time. Feel free to follow back; will post updates on the project.

Tekst og tal - Et udvalg af mine artikler

I'm science communicator/data journalist; don't know it that qualifies for the list. Here's a website with my writings (in Danish, sorry) tekstogtal.dk/nonfiktion.h...