"Theo Sanderson visualized the network of 3.4 million Bluesky users, placed by follow patterns."
"It is searchable and interactive."
"If you zoom in close enough, you can find our tiny pocket of data visualization folks, cluster adjacent to the R community, cartographers, and Brazilian software developers."
"Sanderson described some of the process on Bluesky."
A visualization maps 3.4 million Bluesky users by follow patterns and positions accounts according to follower relationships. The interface is searchable and interactive, enabling exploration at multiple scales. Zooming reveals tightly knit topical and regional clusters, including a small data-visualization pocket adjacent to the R programming community, cartographers, and Brazilian software developers. The map exposes community structure, proximity of related interests, and potential bridges between groups. Process details about the visualization are available on Bluesky, and the interactive dataset can support research, discovery, and targeted outreach across the network.
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