broke: relying on opaque Twitter algorithm to find new people to follow bespoke: directly perusing follower graph of interesting people to find new people to follow
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Basic methodology: grab followers with Twitter API, import into Gephi, filter out accounts with >100k followers, compute "Modularity", color code based on modularity, size nodes based on in-degree, layout with ForceAtlas2.
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It's fun to play "identify the communities". Any help in the ones I can't identify or mess up are appreciated. Suggestions for accounts to do next are welcome. PM me if you want any of the Gephi files.
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@Conaw Big fish:@michael_nielsen@vgr@worrydream@andy_matuschak@KevinSimler@devonzuegel brown: rationalists green: 'softer' rationalists more interested in meditation? orange: productivity entrepreneurs?pic.twitter.com/fPFTZG84nQ
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purple: clojure(script) blue: startup culture???pic.twitter.com/H2091Ta8gf
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@0x49fa98 Big fish:@Outsideness@KANTBOT20K@wrathofgnon@Steve_Sailer@AngloRemnant@lovecryption@Logo_Daedalus@GRITCULT@owenbroadcast@nmgrm@QuasLacrimas blue: accelerationism, esoteric philosophy orange: weird rationalists? pink: ????pic.twitter.com/0Mfp2MeBZs
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purple: 4channish, ironic humorpic.twitter.com/9WO2ryblxq
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@VincentHorn Big fish:
@dthorson@BuddhistGeeks@Meaningness@ShinzenYoung@SharonSalzberg@danielmingram@BobThurman@EmilyHorn@OortCloudAtlas@cognazor@peternlimberg orangish-red: traditional buddhism green: less traditional buddhism blue: insight, game b?pic.twitter.com/yf6uA4hzaI
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purple: integral, ken wilber pink: web 3.0, blockchain, decentralization?pic.twitter.com/6C0COR8eNc
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Did you really suck in ALL followers?
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All 'friends' of the subject, in technical Twitter-speak. I.e., everyone the subject follows (whose account isn't private)
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Replying to @MenanderSoter @vgr and
Incidentally, you're next
@vgr Been running on my laptop for 5 hours (API ratelimiting for Twitter is pretty strict)0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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