Here are two pie charts that show the baseline differences in sharing behaviour for research items on the two platforms. There seems to be a higher proportion of original posts on Bluesky than X. 7/11 - ThreadSky

altmetric.com • 16 days ago

Here are two pie charts that show the baseline differences in sharing behaviour for research items on the two platforms.

There seems to be a higher proportion of original posts on Bluesky than X.
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mercedesdigsit.bsky.social•15 days ago

Very interesting but side note, colour choice here is not A+. I can’t tell the two greens apart in the little dots for the legends!

gringene.org•15 days ago

I'd guess this has something to do with likes not being boosted by Bluesky.

altmetric.com•15 days ago

And links aren’t suppressed in the algo here.

People share links more when they know sharing works.

altmetric.com•16 days ago

Also - Mondays and Fridays are particularly busy for Bluesky. At weekends, X is more active, and this leads to a levelling off of the weekly averages.

One of these communities touches grass. Guess which.
8/11

altmetric.com•16 days ago

The changes are a mix of “punctuated” and “gradual”: in other words, we see jumps in the migration away from X and towards Bluesky, aside from these jumps usually associated with AHEM "external events".
9/11

peteryang.hemonc.org•16 days ago

Unexpected Stephen Jay Gould sighting

altmetric.com•16 days ago

My man

altmetric.com•16 days ago

Where are my “punctuated equilibrium” Gould-heads at? I see the nine of you ;-)

bobohara.bsky.social•14 days ago

The rest of us were working out who that young guy was.

altmetric.com•14 days ago

Altmetric deep lore setting activated

It isn’t straightforward recognising Gould as his broader fame was when he was significantly more rotund and had different facial hair. Just a giant Hug in Human form.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuated_equilibrium

bobohara.bsky.social•14 days ago

Oh, so that wasn’t George Gaylord Simpson!

altmetric.com•16 days ago

After these events we would normally see the data fall back a lower level.

"We used to see the volume on X drop, and then pick up again. This isn’t happening anymore.

Bluesky hasn’t taken all X’s usage, but it’s a large proportion, and – we think – this proportion is increasing."
10/11

altmetric.com•16 days ago

Here's the full blog post. Enjoy!

https://www.altmetric.com/blog/blueskys-ahead-but-is-x-a-dead-parrot/

11/11

ironbeach.bsky.social•15 days ago

X needs to die

andrepology.bsky.social•15 days ago

@ronent.bsky.social @wesleyfinck.org this bodes super well for Cosmik!

wesleyfinck.org•15 days ago

absolutely!

nilzkool.bsky.social•15 days ago

Oh I didn't know that you could import your X followers here. Even with my limit follower count I get really good engagement!

partoftheproblem.bsky.social•15 days ago

Yes, Twitter is dead. It’s all bots at this point, why waste time posting over there?

valerair.bsky.social•14 days ago

Thank you

tuxick.bsky.social•15 days ago

It's pining for the fjords.

oldmangrim.bsky.social•15 days ago

It has ceased to be!!

favstats.eu•15 days ago

If you are curious I also crunched some of the @altmetric.com data to look at sharing differences between X and @bsky.app of Communication and Political Science articles

https://bsky.app/profile/favstats.eu/post/3lle23bx4m22m

pwhateverette.bsky.social•15 days ago

I hope we get more purple people… purple politicians, purple profs..journalists..museums.I think we already have ample Barney’s ..we can handle and need the discourse ..any chance for check marks. #BlueSky

carpederpum.bsky.social•15 days ago

X dead? Noooo. Stunned, at most. Look at it! It's pining for the fjords!

shafawn.bsky.social•13 days ago

The graph below reflects my observation of relative user engagement, Twitter/X vs. BlueSky. Results not scientific but based on direct personal observation. Cheers!