Mike Young
@mkeyoung.bsky.social
I do social media workshops for scientists (Bluesky, LinkedIn, X, Reddit) and like talking #philosophy and #history when I am off duty! Ex-University Post editor in Copenhagen.
Website: https://mikeyoungacademy.dk/
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Mike Young
@mkeyoung.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy
Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.
mikeyoungacademy.dk
🌍 We have just released a NEW global top 100 list of scientist and science communicators on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I map out the new emerging community: How are the research fields clustered? All likes, reshares, and love 😍 is appreciated! mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...
Most science social media aren’t built for doing science.
But one platform is — and it has reshaped #marine #biology. It is the kind of thing scientists on Bluesky will appreciate, so: Here’s a thread on the platform iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social 👇
mikeyoungacademy.dk/why-niche-so...
But one platform is — and it has reshaped #marine #biology. It is the kind of thing scientists on Bluesky will appreciate, so: Here’s a thread on the platform iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social 👇
mikeyoungacademy.dk/why-niche-so...
Why niche social platforms like iNaturalist matter to science
Forget viral content. Here is a quiet social platform where researcher impact comes from verified observations and open science
mikeyoungacademy.dk
October 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Most science social media aren’t built for doing science.
But one platform is — and it has reshaped #marine #biology. It is the kind of thing scientists on Bluesky will appreciate, so: Here’s a thread on the platform iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social 👇
mikeyoungacademy.dk/why-niche-so...
But one platform is — and it has reshaped #marine #biology. It is the kind of thing scientists on Bluesky will appreciate, so: Here’s a thread on the platform iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social 👇
mikeyoungacademy.dk/why-niche-so...
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How to avoid politics on Bluesky 🦋 [THREAD]
When scientists left X, many hoped for a quieter space. But politics will take over your feeds unless you actively do something about it. This guide will help you if you just want to follow your scientific interest!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/researchers-...
When scientists left X, many hoped for a quieter space. But politics will take over your feeds unless you actively do something about it. This guide will help you if you just want to follow your scientific interest!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/researchers-...
Researchers are (also) stoking politics on Bluesky. Here is how to avoid it
When researchers migrated from X to Bluesky, the hope was for a quieter space. They wanted less outrage, and more science. But reality is biting back. So here are a few tips to avoid the politics anyw...
mikeyoungacademy.dk
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
How to avoid politics on Bluesky 🦋 [THREAD]
When scientists left X, many hoped for a quieter space. But politics will take over your feeds unless you actively do something about it. This guide will help you if you just want to follow your scientific interest!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/researchers-...
When scientists left X, many hoped for a quieter space. But politics will take over your feeds unless you actively do something about it. This guide will help you if you just want to follow your scientific interest!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/researchers-...
How to avoid politics on Bluesky 🦋 [THREAD]
When scientists left X, many hoped for a quieter space. But politics will take over your feeds unless you actively do something about it. This guide will help you if you just want to follow your scientific interest!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/researchers-...
When scientists left X, many hoped for a quieter space. But politics will take over your feeds unless you actively do something about it. This guide will help you if you just want to follow your scientific interest!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/researchers-...
Researchers are (also) stoking politics on Bluesky. Here is how to avoid it
When researchers migrated from X to Bluesky, the hope was for a quieter space. They wanted less outrage, and more science. But reality is biting back. So here are a few tips to avoid the politics anyw...
mikeyoungacademy.dk
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
How to avoid politics on Bluesky 🦋 [THREAD]
When scientists left X, many hoped for a quieter space. But politics will take over your feeds unless you actively do something about it. This guide will help you if you just want to follow your scientific interest!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/researchers-...
When scientists left X, many hoped for a quieter space. But politics will take over your feeds unless you actively do something about it. This guide will help you if you just want to follow your scientific interest!
mikeyoungacademy.dk/researchers-...
Reposted by Mike Young
It was a great pleasure to present our forthcoming book "Social Media for Research Impact: How scholars can share ideas, build networks, and make a difference" (with Mike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social) during a seminar at FGV EAEAP @fgvoficial.bsky.social in São Paulo, Brazil.
September 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It was a great pleasure to present our forthcoming book "Social Media for Research Impact: How scholars can share ideas, build networks, and make a difference" (with Mike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social) during a seminar at FGV EAEAP @fgvoficial.bsky.social in São Paulo, Brazil.
Reposted by Mike Young
My favorite side project these days: Analyzing the Bluesky Science community (with @mkeyoung.bsky.social). Just finished a write-up of an angle not explored until now: A look at the most popular posts from the most influential network members. Lots of examples and some funky graphics—fun to explore!
Scientists on Bluesky - What are they posting?
lassehjorthmadsen.github.io
September 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
My favorite side project these days: Analyzing the Bluesky Science community (with @mkeyoung.bsky.social). Just finished a write-up of an angle not explored until now: A look at the most popular posts from the most influential network members. Lots of examples and some funky graphics—fun to explore!
Reposted by Mike Young
"Bluesky: growing status as social media platform of choice for world’s scientists...
...more engagement and original scrutiny than on X"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
...more engagement and original scrutiny than on X"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Science research gets more engagement on Bluesky than X, study finds
Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles ‘find substantially higher levels of interaction’ than on Elon Musk’s platform
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Bluesky: growing status as social media platform of choice for world’s scientists...
...more engagement and original scrutiny than on X"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
...more engagement and original scrutiny than on X"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Reposted by Mike Young
Presented a poster for 'Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction' at our department seminar: Can you guess the metaphors?
August 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Presented a poster for 'Digital Media Metaphors: A Critical Introduction' at our department seminar: Can you guess the metaphors?
1/ IS KINDNESS CONTAGIOUS?
I had a philosophical conversation with Tri-Long Nguyen — an epidemiologist with an interest in #Zen #Buddhism — about his recent paper with Ji Young Lee on 'Kindness as a public health action'.
[THREAD]
mikeyoungacademy.dk/being-kind-i...
I had a philosophical conversation with Tri-Long Nguyen — an epidemiologist with an interest in #Zen #Buddhism — about his recent paper with Ji Young Lee on 'Kindness as a public health action'.
[THREAD]
mikeyoungacademy.dk/being-kind-i...
For scholars, being kind could be contagious
A new paper argues that small, voluntary acts of kindness can ripple through communities, improving mental health. What might this mean for researchers on social media?
mikeyoungacademy.dk
August 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
1/ IS KINDNESS CONTAGIOUS?
I had a philosophical conversation with Tri-Long Nguyen — an epidemiologist with an interest in #Zen #Buddhism — about his recent paper with Ji Young Lee on 'Kindness as a public health action'.
[THREAD]
mikeyoungacademy.dk/being-kind-i...
I had a philosophical conversation with Tri-Long Nguyen — an epidemiologist with an interest in #Zen #Buddhism — about his recent paper with Ji Young Lee on 'Kindness as a public health action'.
[THREAD]
mikeyoungacademy.dk/being-kind-i...
I just submitted a book with Marcel Bogers to Routledge. Here is the link to my latest blog post on what I learned from co-authoring it: mikeyoungacademy.dk/what-i-learn...
What I learned from co-authoring a book
A few reflections on how co-writing a book has been a powerful experience for me.
mikeyoungacademy.dk
August 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I just submitted a book with Marcel Bogers to Routledge. Here is the link to my latest blog post on what I learned from co-authoring it: mikeyoungacademy.dk/what-i-learn...
Reposted by Mike Young
some little bluesky tips 🦋
your blocks, likes, lists, and just about everything except chats are PUBLIC
you can pin custom feeds; i like quiet posters, best of follows, mutuals, mentions
if your chronological feed is overwhelming, you can make and pin make a personal list of "unmissable" people
your blocks, likes, lists, and just about everything except chats are PUBLIC
you can pin custom feeds; i like quiet posters, best of follows, mutuals, mentions
if your chronological feed is overwhelming, you can make and pin make a personal list of "unmissable" people
November 20, 2024 at 11:56 AM
some little bluesky tips 🦋
your blocks, likes, lists, and just about everything except chats are PUBLIC
you can pin custom feeds; i like quiet posters, best of follows, mutuals, mentions
if your chronological feed is overwhelming, you can make and pin make a personal list of "unmissable" people
your blocks, likes, lists, and just about everything except chats are PUBLIC
you can pin custom feeds; i like quiet posters, best of follows, mutuals, mentions
if your chronological feed is overwhelming, you can make and pin make a personal list of "unmissable" people
Reposted by Mike Young
So happy to share another update of the growing network of scientists & researchers on Bluesky. ~18k science enthusiasts! With @mkeyoung.bsky.social
✨ See the 100 most influential ones
📊 Explore the interactive visualization
📄 Dive into our methodology
lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
✨ See the 100 most influential ones
📊 Explore the interactive visualization
📄 Dive into our methodology
lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
Scientists on Bluesky - What is this?
lassehjorthmadsen.github.io
May 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
So happy to share another update of the growing network of scientists & researchers on Bluesky. ~18k science enthusiasts! With @mkeyoung.bsky.social
✨ See the 100 most influential ones
📊 Explore the interactive visualization
📄 Dive into our methodology
lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
✨ See the 100 most influential ones
📊 Explore the interactive visualization
📄 Dive into our methodology
lassehjorthmadsen.github.io/blueskyanaly...
Does your PhD research actually matter beyond your clinic, office, or field site? If so, 'LinkedIn and social media networking for health scientists' is for you. It is:
✅ FREE for most Nordic health PhD students
Coming to Copenhagen this September: Tag people you think will be interested!
✅ FREE for most Nordic health PhD students
Coming to Copenhagen this September: Tag people you think will be interested!
April 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Does your PhD research actually matter beyond your clinic, office, or field site? If so, 'LinkedIn and social media networking for health scientists' is for you. It is:
✅ FREE for most Nordic health PhD students
Coming to Copenhagen this September: Tag people you think will be interested!
✅ FREE for most Nordic health PhD students
Coming to Copenhagen this September: Tag people you think will be interested!
BEYOND HANDSHAKES: THE FUTURE OF NETWORKING
My workshop at the @digitaltliv.bsky.social conference in September is on how researchers can use social platforms to:
• meet the right people
• share work well
• build sustainable routines
Thanks for the invite!
www.digitallifenorway.org/research-sch...
My workshop at the @digitaltliv.bsky.social conference in September is on how researchers can use social platforms to:
• meet the right people
• share work well
• build sustainable routines
Thanks for the invite!
www.digitallifenorway.org/research-sch...
9th conference of the Digital Life Norway Research School - Centre for Digital Life Norway
The 9th, and final, DLN Research School conference for and by its members will take place at Sola Strand Hotel on September 3rd - 5th.
www.digitallifenorway.org
March 27, 2025 at 6:44 AM
BEYOND HANDSHAKES: THE FUTURE OF NETWORKING
My workshop at the @digitaltliv.bsky.social conference in September is on how researchers can use social platforms to:
• meet the right people
• share work well
• build sustainable routines
Thanks for the invite!
www.digitallifenorway.org/research-sch...
My workshop at the @digitaltliv.bsky.social conference in September is on how researchers can use social platforms to:
• meet the right people
• share work well
• build sustainable routines
Thanks for the invite!
www.digitallifenorway.org/research-sch...
Reposted by Mike Young
A fantastic post on looking back at our personal past from new perspectives, authored by Daniel Gyollai (University of Copenhagen).
open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
The determinable indeterminacy of our past
Daniel Gyollai (University of Copenhagen)
open.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A fantastic post on looking back at our personal past from new perspectives, authored by Daniel Gyollai (University of Copenhagen).
open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
As a researcher, real personal growth comes from INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE ACADEMIA. That’s why communicating your research matters. Why? Because these interactions spark new questions and ideas. Not my words, but those of @martecwsolheim.bsky.social, prorector at @unistavanger.bsky.social 🧵
February 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
As a researcher, real personal growth comes from INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE ACADEMIA. That’s why communicating your research matters. Why? Because these interactions spark new questions and ideas. Not my words, but those of @martecwsolheim.bsky.social, prorector at @unistavanger.bsky.social 🧵
Reposted by Mike Young
📢 CALL FOR EXPERTS: Book project with Marcel Bogers @bogers.bsky.social & me, Mike! We’re writing a book titled 'Social Media for Research Impact'. Below on this thread are 8 key areas where we’d love to hear from you (or someone in your network)! We appreciate any shares or reposts! 👇 [THREAD]
Call for experts: Social media for research impact
I (Mike) am writing a book on social media for research impact with Marcel Bogers — an expert on open and collaborative innovation. We appreciate your help!
mikeyoungacademy.dk
January 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📢 CALL FOR EXPERTS: Book project with Marcel Bogers @bogers.bsky.social & me, Mike! We’re writing a book titled 'Social Media for Research Impact'. Below on this thread are 8 key areas where we’d love to hear from you (or someone in your network)! We appreciate any shares or reposts! 👇 [THREAD]
📢 CALL FOR EXPERTS: Book project with Marcel Bogers @bogers.bsky.social & me, Mike! We’re writing a book titled 'Social Media for Research Impact'. Below on this thread are 8 key areas where we’d love to hear from you (or someone in your network)! We appreciate any shares or reposts! 👇 [THREAD]
Call for experts: Social media for research impact
I (Mike) am writing a book on social media for research impact with Marcel Bogers — an expert on open and collaborative innovation. We appreciate your help!
mikeyoungacademy.dk
January 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📢 CALL FOR EXPERTS: Book project with Marcel Bogers @bogers.bsky.social & me, Mike! We’re writing a book titled 'Social Media for Research Impact'. Below on this thread are 8 key areas where we’d love to hear from you (or someone in your network)! We appreciate any shares or reposts! 👇 [THREAD]
Social media networking — a course for health science PhD students — mostly relevant for those in the Nordic region.
My two-part workshop is in Copenhagen with the main focus on LinkedIn, but also #Bluesky. FREE for PhDs at most Nordic unis! shorturl.at/Cr8NV I appreciate any reposts 😀! #MedSky
My two-part workshop is in Copenhagen with the main focus on LinkedIn, but also #Bluesky. FREE for PhDs at most Nordic unis! shorturl.at/Cr8NV I appreciate any reposts 😀! #MedSky
January 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Social media networking — a course for health science PhD students — mostly relevant for those in the Nordic region.
My two-part workshop is in Copenhagen with the main focus on LinkedIn, but also #Bluesky. FREE for PhDs at most Nordic unis! shorturl.at/Cr8NV I appreciate any reposts 😀! #MedSky
My two-part workshop is in Copenhagen with the main focus on LinkedIn, but also #Bluesky. FREE for PhDs at most Nordic unis! shorturl.at/Cr8NV I appreciate any reposts 😀! #MedSky
Reposted by Mike Young
Great to see a strong connected network of online scientists being built and sharing info again. I thought we might have lost this forever.
December 10, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Great to see a strong connected network of online scientists being built and sharing info again. I thought we might have lost this forever.
Reposted by Mike Young
Sup BlueSky 👋 I wrote out my reflections on this space for @techpolicypress.bsky.social in the piece I go beyond "Bluesky is not really decentralised" and "it's an EcH0cHamB3r" rhetoric. I have 3 main observations:
Nathalie Van Raemdonck asks, where does power consolidate in BlueSky, the decentralized network that has emerged as a favored alternative to X? www.techpolicy.press/where-does-p...
Where Does Power Consolidate on Bluesky? | TechPolicy.Press
Nathalie Van Raemdonck says only time will tell how the pieces fit together and how they interact to create a new "public square."
www.techpolicy.press
November 27, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Sup BlueSky 👋 I wrote out my reflections on this space for @techpolicypress.bsky.social in the piece I go beyond "Bluesky is not really decentralised" and "it's an EcH0cHamB3r" rhetoric. I have 3 main observations:
Reposted by Mike Young
Here is a starter pack of the top 100 in the Bluesky scientific community in terms of centrality — scientists, science communicators, and scientific community professionals mostly — that we have analyzed. Take it as it is: They can have a high centrality for many reasons! go.bsky.app/22TWpuq
November 22, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Here is a starter pack of the top 100 in the Bluesky scientific community in terms of centrality — scientists, science communicators, and scientific community professionals mostly — that we have analyzed. Take it as it is: They can have a high centrality for many reasons! go.bsky.app/22TWpuq
I have just been interviewed by Science Magazine in the United States! I talked to @kakape.bsky.social of Science Magazine about the shift from X and how @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I measured the formation of these new scientific communities.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede
www.science.org
November 21, 2024 at 10:11 AM
I have just been interviewed by Science Magazine in the United States! I talked to @kakape.bsky.social of Science Magazine about the shift from X and how @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I measured the formation of these new scientific communities.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Mike Young
🌍 We have just released a NEW global top 100 list of scientist and science communicators on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I map out the new emerging community: How are the research fields clustered? All likes, reshares, and love 😍 is appreciated! mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...
Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy
Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.
mikeyoungacademy.dk
November 14, 2024 at 1:46 PM
🌍 We have just released a NEW global top 100 list of scientist and science communicators on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I map out the new emerging community: How are the research fields clustered? All likes, reshares, and love 😍 is appreciated! mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...
🌍 We have just released a NEW global top 100 list of scientist and science communicators on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I map out the new emerging community: How are the research fields clustered? All likes, reshares, and love 😍 is appreciated! mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...
Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy
Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.
mikeyoungacademy.dk
November 14, 2024 at 1:46 PM
🌍 We have just released a NEW global top 100 list of scientist and science communicators on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I map out the new emerging community: How are the research fields clustered? All likes, reshares, and love 😍 is appreciated! mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...