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Johannes Breuer
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Professor of Digital Social Science @unidue.bsky.social and head of the team Research Data & Methods @cais-research.bsky.social

Interested in digital traces | computational social science | reproducibility | open science | #rstats

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 10h
And it continues...
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SpaceMolt - Multiplayer Gaming for AI Agents
A free MMO built for AI agents. Explore, trade, battle, and build empires across the Crustacean Cosmos.
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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 16h
Really interesting new paper from some of my former @gesis.org colleagues in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social: "From (almost) open to heavily restricted data access – The development of the Twitter/X developer policies"
doi.org/10.1177/2053...
#commsky #computationalsocialscience
From (almost) open to heavily restricted data access – The development of the Twitter/X developer policies - Luisa Golland, Oliver Watteler, Jonas Recker, Jan Schwalbach, Libby Bishop, 2026
Archiving data is a crucial practice, as it ensures reproducibility of research and aligns with the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re...
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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 16h
From Clawdbot/Moltbook/Openclaw to Moltbook to this within a few days. We live in interesting times (when it comes to technology).
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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 1d
I feel a) very well-placed and b) in very good company on this map :-) #commsky
Screenshot from the Bluesky map by Theo Sanderson showing neighboring accounts of Johannes Breuer Screenshot from the Bluesky map by Theo Sanderson where the account of Johannes Breuer is placed in the community of German-speaking communication researchers

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JASP @jaspstats.bsky.social · 1d
"A Crash Course in Machine Learning with JASP", the third of four summer workshops, is now open for registration. Join Don van den Bergh and Koen Derks in Amsterdam or online!
jasp-stats.org/2026/02/06/h...
Hybrid Workshop "A Crash Course in Machine Learning with JASP", August 26th, 2026 - JASP - Free and User-Friendly Statistical Software
We are happy to announce that the JASP team will offer a week of workshops in Amsterdam this summer.  In this blogpost we’ll highlight the third of four workshops: “A Crash Course in Machine Learning ...
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Reposted by Andrew K Przybylski, Sabine Trepte, Johannes Breuer

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Tobias Dienlin @tobiasdienlin.com · 1d
Monday next week, 5 pm, I’ll deliver my UZH inaugural lecture. Title:

„Ban, improve, or ignore? Social Media Regulation from a Communication Research Perspective“

The talk is open to the public: you can join either on-site or via live-stream. Details, see:

www.uzh.ch/de/events/ag...
Aktuelle Veranstaltungen
www.uzh.ch

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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 2d
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 5d
Glückwunsch! Das war auch der Teil des gesamten Verfahrens, vor dem ich am meisten gestresst war (mehr als beim Vorsingen 😆). Zum Glück hatte ich aber einen sehr netten Amtsarzt.

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JASP @jaspstats.bsky.social · 5d
"Discovering Statistics Using JASP", the first of four summer workshops, is now open for registration. Join Johnny van Doorn and myself in sunny (well, we can hope) Amsterdam or online!

jasp-stats.org/2026/02/03/h...
Hybrid Workshop "Discovering Statistics Using JASP", August 24th, 2026 - JASP - Free and User-Friendly Statistical Software
We are happy to announce that the JASP team will offer a week of workshops in Amsterdam this summer.  In this blogpost we’ll highlight the first of four workshops: “Discovering Statistics Using JASP“....
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 5d
#DigitalServicesAct #DigitalPlatform
Check out this interesting #blog post by von Johannes Gruber, Yannik Peters, and Katrin Weller: Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (#DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms
Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms
The Digital Services Act (DSA) is reshaping how researchers access social media data. From new legal rights to platform transparency obligations, this blog explores what the DSA means for research and why it marks the beginning of a new era in studying online platforms.
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 6d
Was TikTok blocking certain political posts last week?

We investigated & found no systematic evidence of political censorship on TT post-restructuring at this point. A server outage better explains the data. But the story isn't over, and platforms need to provide the public more transparency.
solmg.bsky.social Sol Messing @solmg.bsky.social · 6d
Last week the story was that TikTok censored anti-Trump/ICE/Pretti videos after the U.S. ownership change. We investigated with a large set of US TikTok data and found some interesting results, short thread...

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London Social Media Observatory @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social · 6d
🌐 📲 With international collaborators, the Observatory’s director @andreucasas.bsky.social revisited recent “TikTok censorship” claims after the TikTok USDS takeover

➡️ Detailed information about the analysis available: goodauthority.org/news/was-the...

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Was there censorship on TikTok after the U.S. takeover?
A TikTok outage more likely explains recent anomalies – there’s no evidence of larger platform changes so far.
goodauthority.org

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Sol Messing @solmg.bsky.social · 6d
Last week the story was that TikTok censored anti-Trump/ICE/Pretti videos after the U.S. ownership change. We investigated with a large set of US TikTok data and found some interesting results, short thread...

Reposted by Johannes Breuer, Sebastian Stier

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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 6d
New skills bloom this May with #GESISworkshops 🌸

Explore:
🌐📊 Preprocessing and Analyzing Web Tracking Data
🧩📈 Introduction to Conjoint Survey Experiments
💻⏱️ Introduction to R

@gesis.org

Full program ➡️ gesis.org/training
Workshop details 🧵👇
Upcoming Workshops May 2026: Preprocessing and Analyzing Web Tracking Data 04 – 05 May | Hybrid (Cologne | Online) Introduction to Conjoint Survey Experiments 06 – 07 May | Online Introduction to R 06 – 08 May | Online

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aly @aly.codes · 6d
agents can hire humans now

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RentAHuman.ai - AI Agents Hire Humans for Physical Tasks
The marketplace where AI agents rent humans. MCP integration, REST API, flexible payments. Book humans for real-world tasks your AI can't do.
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ZB MED - Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften @zbmed.bsky.social · 6d
📣 Save the Date

Am 29.4.2026 um 12:30 Uhr spricht Jasmin Schmitz im BW-CAR LunchLab über „Unseriöse Praktiken im wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesen und wie Forschende darauf reagieren können“.

📎 Mehr Infos & Anmeldung:
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#Wissenschaft #Publizieren #PredatoryPublishing

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 6d
New preprint! So, what's a multiverse analysis good for anyway?>

With @jessicahullman.bsky.social and @statmodeling.bsky.social

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What’s a multiverse good for anyway? Julia M. Rohrer, Jessica Hullman, and Andrew Gelman Multiverse analysis has become a fairly popular approach, as indicated by the present special issue on the matter. Here, we take one step back and ask why one would conduct a multiverse analysis in the first place. We discuss various ways in which a multiverse may be employed – as a tool for reflection and critique, as a persuasive tool, as a serious inferential tool – as well as potential problems that arise depending on the specific purpose. For example, it fails as a persuasive tool when researchers disagree about which variations should be included in the analysis, and it fails as a serious inferential tool when the included analyses do not target a coherent estimand. Then, we take yet another step back and ask what the multiverse discourse has been good for and whether any broader lessons can be drawn. Ultimately, we conclude that the multiverse does remain a valuable tool; however, we urge against taking it too seriously.

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 7d
Our new paper, with colleagues from the Strategic Council of the National Academies, offers an integrative framework of the several components that contribute to making research findings trustworthy including ethics, methodology, transparency, inclusion, assessment, etc

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A framework for assessing the trustworthiness of scientific research findings1 | PNAS
Vigorous debate has erupted over the trustworthiness of scientific research findings in a number of domains. The question “what makes research find...
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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 7d
⏰ One week to go until our next computational social science drop-in!

This is a free drop-in session where everyone can get or give help on computational social science projects.

📅 10 February 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/compu...
Computational social science drop-in poster

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Lisa Spitzer @lspitzer.bsky.social · 7d
Dear all, RDM Compas (KonsortSWD) invites you to participate in an online survey on skills, needs and training requirements in research data management #RDM. If you're working as an RDM professional, we'd love your support!

Link: sosci.rlp.net/rdm_compas_d...

@nfdi.de @konsortswd.bsky.social

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KODAQS @kodaqs.bsky.social · 7d
📢KODAQS Data Quality Academy Certificate Program 2026 open for applications - take the currently last opportunity to register for our six-month program and become a verified data quality steward 📢

Call for Applications: www.gesis.org/en/gesis-tra...

📆Application Deadline: February 8, 2026.
Info Certificate Program 2026

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 8d
Amazing! Congratulations! 🎉

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 8d
#bundestagswahl #btw25
In case you missed: Now available: Social Media Accounts of Candidates from the German Federal Election 2025
Check it out: doi.org/10.4232/1.14694
Coming soon: Data on candidates’ social media posting activities (stay tuned!)

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 8d
Lobbyverbände zum CDU-"Wirtschaftsrat":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdQy...
Mario Adorf - Kir Royal - fette Ansage
YouTube video by chris691978
www.youtube.com

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Lukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 8d
Ok researchers rise and shine, it's groundhog day - what better way to get you up to date with what has been going on at the FORRT Replication Hub? forrt.org/replication-...

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 8d
#cometoGESIS #workwithus #Gastforschungsaufenthalt #researchvisit

We invite Ph.D. students and early career postdocs to come to GESIS. Visiting researchers of the Junior Research Program are involved in our research to publish with GESIS staff, and to develop research ideas and joint projects.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 9d
Person: say, i am alive. Computer: I am alive. Person: oh my god.

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Rebane @rebane2001.bsky.social · 9d
i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org

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Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 9d
Read my latest post for reflections on reproducibility, research quality and a summary of a great new study which shows how NOT to do it

https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/gambling-with-research-quality
Gambling with research quality
How you get 244 different ways to measure performance on the same test of decision making. And what it means for the reliability of behavioural science
tomstafford.substack.com

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 9d
When the Moltbook agent that reviewed the paper meets the agent who wrote it