Our new paper, "Bluesky: Network Topology, Polarization, and Algorithmic Curation," is out! Together with @abovet.bsky.social, we analyzed data from 5 million Bluesky users from Feb 2023 to May 2024. Check it out: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... - ThreadSky

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dorianquelle.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Our new paper, "Bluesky: Network Topology, Polarization, and Algorithmic Curation," is out! Together with @abovet.bsky.social, we analyzed data from 5 million Bluesky users from Feb 2023 to May 2024. Check it out: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0318034

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dorianquelle.bsky.social•1 day ago

We found that despite its novel features, Bluesky's network structure resembles other social networks: heavy-tailed distributions, high clustering, and short connection paths. Sign-ups were strongly correlated with controversial events at Twitter/X!

dorianquelle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bluesky's custom feeds feature has created a diverse algorithmic ecosystem with almost 40,000 unique feeds! From professionally curated content like the "Science" feed to niche interest categories and alternative home timelines, users have embraced feed creation.

dorianquelle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Users predominantly share left-center news sources (63.4%), with very few right-leaning outlets (7.9%). Interestingly, the spread of questionable sources is minimal - only 0.14% of shared links.

dorianquelle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Even though political leanings on Bluesky are relatively homogeneous, we find issues-based divergence by studying opinions related to the Israel-Palestine conflict where opposing viewpoints seldomly interact.

olivekosheluk.bsky.social•11 hours ago

You found that centrists and right-wingers support israel

dorianquelle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Check out the paper at PlosOne https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0318034

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