onur.ascigil
@asonur.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Lancaster University
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I'll be at #ICWSM 2025 next week to present our paper about Bluesky Starter Packs.
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
June 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'll be at #ICWSM 2025 next week to present our paper about Bluesky Starter Packs.
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
For the occasion, I've created a Starter Pack with all the organizers, speakers, and authors of this year I could find on Bluesky!
Link: go.bsky.app/GDkQ3y7
Let me know if I missed anyone!
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Our work on Bluesky: doi.org/10.1609/icws...
Joint work with
@bibo7086.bsky.social
@harnen.bsky.social
@garethtyson.bsky.social
@asonur.bsky.social
@ignactro.bsky.social
@baronca.bsky.social
Joint work with
@bibo7086.bsky.social
@harnen.bsky.social
@garethtyson.bsky.social
@asonur.bsky.social
@ignactro.bsky.social
@baronca.bsky.social
Bootstrapping Social Networks: Lessons from Bluesky Starter Packs
| Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
doi.org
June 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Our work on Bluesky: doi.org/10.1609/icws...
Joint work with
@bibo7086.bsky.social
@harnen.bsky.social
@garethtyson.bsky.social
@asonur.bsky.social
@ignactro.bsky.social
@baronca.bsky.social
Joint work with
@bibo7086.bsky.social
@harnen.bsky.social
@garethtyson.bsky.social
@asonur.bsky.social
@ignactro.bsky.social
@baronca.bsky.social
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Are you interested in @bsky.app research? We gather and make available multiple datasets including posts, social graph snapshots, labellers, feed generators and more. More information is available on our website: bsky.leobalduf.com
Bluesky Research
bsky.leobalduf.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Are you interested in @bsky.app research? We gather and make available multiple datasets including posts, social graph snapshots, labellers, feed generators and more. More information is available on our website: bsky.leobalduf.com
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Oh hey, our most recent work on @bsky.app was cited by Nature! :o
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
go.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Oh hey, our most recent work on @bsky.app was cited by Nature! :o
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Did Starter Packs turbocharged @bsky.app growth? Yes, but... We analyse it in the paper quoted in @nature.com article below:🧵 bsky.app/profile/harn...
January 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Did Starter Packs turbocharged @bsky.app growth? Yes, but... We analyse it in the paper quoted in @nature.com article below:🧵 bsky.app/profile/harn...
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@bsky.app grew tremendously over the last year. Recently, the platform introduced “starter packs” (SP) to help users bootstrap their social graph. Anybody can create these SPs. They’re lists of accounts (e.g., “people creating anime”) that others can then follow.
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January 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@bsky.app grew tremendously over the last year. Recently, the platform introduced “starter packs” (SP) to help users bootstrap their social graph. Anybody can create these SPs. They’re lists of accounts (e.g., “people creating anime”) that others can then follow.
🧵1/11
🧵1/11
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Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
go.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
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Code and paper analysing Bluesky 👉 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
November 14, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Code and paper analysing Bluesky 👉 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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We have an #IMC2024 paper on Bluesky itself: Looking AT the Blue Skies of Bluesky with Leon Balduf (Technical University of Darmstadt) & Saidu Sokoto (City, University of London) dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Looking AT the Blue Skies of Bluesky | Proceedings of the 2024 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference
dl.acm.org
November 4, 2024 at 3:40 PM
We have an #IMC2024 paper on Bluesky itself: Looking AT the Blue Skies of Bluesky with Leon Balduf (Technical University of Darmstadt) & Saidu Sokoto (City, University of London) dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Twitter shows the risk of the centralised/monolithic/vertically integrated organisation approach with a benevolent dictator at the top: including the elusive nature of benevolence. 2 #IMC2024 papers examine Mastodon & Bluesky exploration of the design space of alternatives: [1/4]
We have an #IMC2024 paper on Bluesky itself: Looking AT the Blue Skies of Bluesky with Leon Balduf (Technical University of Darmstadt) & Saidu Sokoto (City, University of London) dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Looking AT the Blue Skies of Bluesky | Proceedings of the 2024 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference
dl.acm.org
November 4, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Twitter shows the risk of the centralised/monolithic/vertically integrated organisation approach with a benevolent dictator at the top: including the elusive nature of benevolence. 2 #IMC2024 papers examine Mastodon & Bluesky exploration of the design space of alternatives: [1/4]
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The full paper "Guardians of the Galaxy: Content Moderation in the InterPlanetary File System" is available here: usenix.org/conference/u...
Written with @ignactro.bsky.social @asonur.bsky.social @bibo7086.bsky.social @leobalduf.bsky.social
Written with @ignactro.bsky.social @asonur.bsky.social @bibo7086.bsky.social @leobalduf.bsky.social
Guardians of the Galaxy: Content Moderation in the InterPlanetary File System | USENIXusenix_logo_notag_white
usenix.org
October 18, 2024 at 3:55 PM
The full paper "Guardians of the Galaxy: Content Moderation in the InterPlanetary File System" is available here: usenix.org/conference/u...
Written with @ignactro.bsky.social @asonur.bsky.social @bibo7086.bsky.social @leobalduf.bsky.social
Written with @ignactro.bsky.social @asonur.bsky.social @bibo7086.bsky.social @leobalduf.bsky.social
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To appear soon at ACM IMC 2024! 👇
pretty interesting pre-print about bluesky/atproto!
has an analysis of labeler response time (by label value), and digs in to feed service providers.
the intro describes the atproto design goals and what is unique pretty well, IMO.
has an analysis of labeler response time (by label value), and digs in to feed service providers.
the intro describes the atproto design goals and what is unique pretty well, IMO.
Looking AT the Blue Skies of Bluesky
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12449
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12449
August 26, 2024 at 6:22 AM
To appear soon at ACM IMC 2024! 👇
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Cool preprint leveraging access to the "data is public by default" architecture of the #ATprotocol to infer specific moderation practices by the bsky T+S team.
They also calculated how little overlap there is between that team's work + the additive work being done by other labelers. Neat stuff!
They also calculated how little overlap there is between that team's work + the additive work being done by other labelers. Neat stuff!
August 25, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Cool preprint leveraging access to the "data is public by default" architecture of the #ATprotocol to infer specific moderation practices by the bsky T+S team.
They also calculated how little overlap there is between that team's work + the additive work being done by other labelers. Neat stuff!
They also calculated how little overlap there is between that team's work + the additive work being done by other labelers. Neat stuff!
Reposted by onur.ascigil
pretty interesting pre-print about bluesky/atproto!
has an analysis of labeler response time (by label value), and digs in to feed service providers.
the intro describes the atproto design goals and what is unique pretty well, IMO.
has an analysis of labeler response time (by label value), and digs in to feed service providers.
the intro describes the atproto design goals and what is unique pretty well, IMO.
Looking AT the Blue Skies of Bluesky
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12449
https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12449
August 25, 2024 at 7:31 AM
pretty interesting pre-print about bluesky/atproto!
has an analysis of labeler response time (by label value), and digs in to feed service providers.
the intro describes the atproto design goals and what is unique pretty well, IMO.
has an analysis of labeler response time (by label value), and digs in to feed service providers.
the intro describes the atproto design goals and what is unique pretty well, IMO.