Dorian Quelle
@dorianquelle.bsky.social
PhD Candidate Quantitative Network Science @ UZH, Research Associate @ Oxford Internet Institute, Data Scientist & Disinformation Researcher @ http://Pattrn.AI
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Is Bluesky a bubble?
We collected all 1B+ posts since Dec'24.
13% of content is political.
We found high polarization, but also strong imbalance: on most topics, the opposing stance made up just 1–2% of users.
Strongest split: Gaza, Ukraine, Musk & Trump
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2506.03443
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We collected all 1B+ posts since Dec'24.
13% of content is political.
We found high polarization, but also strong imbalance: on most topics, the opposing stance made up just 1–2% of users.
Strongest split: Gaza, Ukraine, Musk & Trump
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2506.03443
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June 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Is Bluesky a bubble?
We collected all 1B+ posts since Dec'24.
13% of content is political.
We found high polarization, but also strong imbalance: on most topics, the opposing stance made up just 1–2% of users.
Strongest split: Gaza, Ukraine, Musk & Trump
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2506.03443
🔽
We collected all 1B+ posts since Dec'24.
13% of content is political.
We found high polarization, but also strong imbalance: on most topics, the opposing stance made up just 1–2% of users.
Strongest split: Gaza, Ukraine, Musk & Trump
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2506.03443
🔽
New Paper! @prashantgarg.bsky.social @fdenker.bsky.social @abovet.bsky.social study the migration of academics from X to Bluesky 🦋 Please reach out with any comments, ideas, or questions!
A thread by my prolific coauthor👇
A thread by my prolific coauthor👇
Happy to share this paper. Full thread coming soon!
June 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New Paper! @prashantgarg.bsky.social @fdenker.bsky.social @abovet.bsky.social study the migration of academics from X to Bluesky 🦋 Please reach out with any comments, ideas, or questions!
A thread by my prolific coauthor👇
A thread by my prolific coauthor👇
Our new paper, "Bluesky: Network Topology, Polarization, and Algorithmic Curation," is out! Together with @abovet.bsky.social, we analyzed data from 5 million Bluesky users from Feb 2023 to May 2024. Check it out: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Bluesky: Network topology, polarization, and algorithmic curation
Bluesky is a nascent “Twitter-like” and decentralized social media network with novel features and unprecedented data access. This paper provides a characterization of its interaction network, studyin...
journals.plos.org
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Our new paper, "Bluesky: Network Topology, Polarization, and Algorithmic Curation," is out! Together with @abovet.bsky.social, we analyzed data from 5 million Bluesky users from Feb 2023 to May 2024. Check it out: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
It was a pleasure to present our work on Blocking on
@bsky.app
@netsciconf.bsky.social
! In this thread I will make a case for Bluesky as a fantastic opportunity for scientists to answer old questions with new data! (1/7)
@bsky.app
@netsciconf.bsky.social
! In this thread I will make a case for Bluesky as a fantastic opportunity for scientists to answer old questions with new data! (1/7)
June 20, 2024 at 7:06 PM
It was a pleasure to present our work on Blocking on
@bsky.app
@netsciconf.bsky.social
! In this thread I will make a case for Bluesky as a fantastic opportunity for scientists to answer old questions with new data! (1/7)
@bsky.app
@netsciconf.bsky.social
! In this thread I will make a case for Bluesky as a fantastic opportunity for scientists to answer old questions with new data! (1/7)
Meanwhile on Twitter ... I don't understand how you could mess up so badly.
October 23, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Meanwhile on Twitter ... I don't understand how you could mess up so badly.