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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
bespoke: directly perusing follower graph of interesting people to find new people to follow
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.
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.
@Conaw
Big fish: @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel
brown: rationalists
green: 'softer' rationalists more interested in meditation?
orange: productivity entrepreneurs?
Big fish: @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel
brown: rationalists
green: 'softer' rationalists more interested in meditation?
orange: productivity entrepreneurs?
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel purple: clojure(script)
blue: startup culture???
blue: startup culture???
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98
Big fish: @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas
blue: accelerationism, esoteric philosophy
orange: weird rationalists?
pink: ????
Big fish: @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas
blue: accelerationism, esoteric philosophy
orange: weird rationalists?
pink: ????
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas purple: 4channish, ironic humor 
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @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?
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?
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg purple: integral, ken wilber
pink: web 3.0, blockchain, decentralization?
pink: web 3.0, blockchain, decentralization?
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @andy_matuschak
Big fish: @worrydream @devonzuegel @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef
green: tech, apps?
orangish brown: thinkers/insight/rationalism?
pink: computers + creativity + expressing yourself? (what is this called)
Big fish: @worrydream @devonzuegel @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef
green: tech, apps?
orangish brown: thinkers/insight/rationalism?
pink: computers + creativity + expressing yourself? (what is this called)
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef red: ???? 
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @Meaningness
Big fish: @slatestarcodex @juliagalef @michael_nielsen @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @KevinSimler @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @webdevMason
pink: rationalists
green: weird rationalists, 'postrationalists'
blue: buddhist-ish
Big fish: @slatestarcodex @juliagalef @michael_nielsen @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @KevinSimler @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @webdevMason
pink: rationalists
green: weird rationalists, 'postrationalists'
blue: buddhist-ish
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @webdevMason black: ???? 
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @webdevMason On second glance, black appears to be academic philosophers, esp ethics
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @webdevMason Rather,
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @gwern
Big fish: @slatestarcodex @juliagalef @michael_nielsen @anderssandberg @Miles_Brundage @jackclarkSF @StuartJRitchie @zooko @matthew_d_green
blue: rationalists, thinkers
green: AI, deep learning
orange: genetics
Big fish: @slatestarcodex @juliagalef @michael_nielsen @anderssandberg @Miles_Brundage @jackclarkSF @StuartJRitchie @zooko @matthew_d_green
blue: rationalists, thinkers
green: AI, deep learning
orange: genetics
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @anderssandberg @Miles_Brundage @jackclarkSF @StuartJRitchie @zooko @matthew_d_green red: dark web, crypto 
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @vgr
Big fish: @ribbonfarm @patio11 @devonzuegel @eugenewei @sarahdoingthing @Meaningness @KevinSimler @literalbanana @visakanv @sonyasupposedly @noUpside @stewartbrand
pink: 'postrationalists'?
ugly green: tech and startups?
grey: ????
Big fish: @ribbonfarm @patio11 @devonzuegel @eugenewei @sarahdoingthing @Meaningness @KevinSimler @literalbanana @visakanv @sonyasupposedly @noUpside @stewartbrand
pink: 'postrationalists'?
ugly green: tech and startups?
grey: ????
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @ribbonfarm @patio11 @eugenewei @visakanv @sonyasupposedly @noUpside @stewartbrand orange/blue: ???? (spatially mixed, but separate?) 
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @stevekrouse
Big fish: @worrydream @michael_nielsen @andy_matuschak @devonzuegel @Dynamicland1 @ncasenmare @jonathoda @mandy3284 @eriktorenberg @phineasb @danshipper @swannodette @heathercmiller @tomaspetricek
blue: tech startups?
pink: misc thinkers, rationalists?
Big fish: @worrydream @michael_nielsen @andy_matuschak @devonzuegel @Dynamicland1 @ncasenmare @jonathoda @mandy3284 @eriktorenberg @phineasb @danshipper @swannodette @heathercmiller @tomaspetricek
blue: tech startups?
pink: misc thinkers, rationalists?
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @stevekrouse @Dynamicland1 @jonathoda @mandy3284 @eriktorenberg @phineasb @danshipper @swannodette @heathercmiller @tomaspetricek green: next level media theory, Future of Coding?
orange: programming (esp functional)
orange: programming (esp functional)
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @literalbanana
Big fish: @sonyasupposedly @eigenrobot @alicemazzy @browserdotsys @selentelechia @simpolism @Outsideness @olivertraldi @toad_spotted @turrible_tao @St_Rev @ctrlcreep @The_Lagrangian @niftierideology @othercriteria @fire__exit @Meaningness @gwern @vgr @SamoBurja
Big fish: @sonyasupposedly @eigenrobot @alicemazzy @browserdotsys @selentelechia @simpolism @Outsideness @olivertraldi @toad_spotted @turrible_tao @St_Rev @ctrlcreep @The_Lagrangian @niftierideology @othercriteria @fire__exit @Meaningness @gwern @vgr @SamoBurja
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @literalbanana @sonyasupposedly @eigenrobot @alicemazzy @browserdotsys @selentelechia @simpolism @olivertraldi @toad_spotted @turrible_tao @St_Rev @ctrlcreep @The_Lagrangian @niftierideology @othercriteria @fire__exit @gwern @SamoBurja green: weird sun twitter, ????
orange: ????
pink: ????
blue: rationalists, ????
(communities are hard to distinguish for me)
orange: ????
pink: ????
blue: rationalists, ????
(communities are hard to distinguish for me)
@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @literalbanana @sonyasupposedly @eigenrobot @alicemazzy @browserdotsys @selentelechia @simpolism @olivertraldi @toad_spotted @turrible_tao @St_Rev @ctrlcreep @The_Lagrangian @niftierideology @othercriteria @fire__exit @gwern @SamoBurja Continuted here
