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Several people asked me for a way to interactively explore visualizations of Twitter networks (especially with search). Here it is: https://t.co/ckxuhNnf02 Features: - 2D and 3D - Search - Zoom, pan, etc - Includes names and bios - Multilevel communities - Mobile (2D) https://t.co/foBeeEjDDd
When you click a search result it will take you to the node. (In grouped mode, it will also scroll to the account's location in the list of accounts in the supernode) https://t.co/rsXaG6xtOk
Here's what multilevel communities look like. The graph gets smaller and easier to read at higher levels. Notice that the colors are consistent between levels. (The orientation isn't, currently. I.e., it might be rotated or flipped between the levels.) https://t.co/9gkWDkfb6N
Accounts are put into communities which are then merged into supernodes (one supernode per community). The process then repeats at higher levels: communities are found among the supernodes, then all the supernodes of a community merge into a supersupernode.
More here on grouped mode and multilevel communities https://t.co/TzsTE74hGp and https://t.co/VOovJZJesv Here's an example of a list of accounts in a supernode https://t.co/6SBCSuoJUT
On desktop, you can double click a node to focus it and show nearby labels. If you then hit Enter you will start orbiting through nearby nodes of the same community. https://t.co/ardam64yBy
Here's what 3D looks like. You can fly around with keyboard controls. (No 3D on mobile yet, sorry). Everything works similarly to 2D mode. https://t.co/HhvdrUPwF4
I've put some more details about all this here https://t.co/JfSxTLeaTg and you can find the directory with the three graphs currently on the site here https://t.co/oJ76sF0VaP (it has the list of seed accounts, description, etc)
Seed accounts I chose for https://t.co/sxyoCWY6ke: 1/3 @aaronzlewis @alexvespi @anthilemoon @barabasi @benawad @chenoehart @cosnet_bifi @CreeepyJoe @danshipper @dantaeyoung @default_friend @eigenrobot @emilyriehl @frnsys @gravity_levity @hypotext @JadeMasterMath @jaredpalmer
@schlagetown @shanekilkelly @sigfpe @startuployalist @suchaone @tesseralis @TheAnnaGat @ThouArtThat @Tipsycaek @tobyshorin @vtraag @Wattenberger You can find the full list of 68 people here https://t.co/oJ76sF0VaP The other 23 people (whose graphs I've already posted on Twitter) are: https://t.co/MD0Ntbft3y
@schlagetown @shanekilkelly @sigfpe @startuployalist @suchaone @tesseralis @TheAnnaGat @ThouArtThat @Tipsycaek @tobyshorin @vtraag @Wattenberger "Supergraph 68" has 34,080 people. Even with the grouped graphs it can be overwhelming to look at. If you want to look at smaller graphs, I've included two others:
I've included a graph with network scientists as seeds https://t.co/xUf0QjAV77 (without their work this wouldn't be possible) Seeds are @alexvespi @barabasi @cosnet_bifi @jure @mszll @pholme @piratepeel @vtraag
And, I've included a graph with "digital actualizers" as seeds https://t.co/aiQMfZxOxx Seeds are: @andy_matuschak @conaw @michael_nielsen @stevekrouse
@andy_matuschak @Conaw @michael_nielsen @stevekrouse Some of the supernodes will have a list of phrases at the top. These are just common phrases found in the bios of the accounts in that supernode. It might help you figure out who's in the supernode (or it might mislead you) #sobsquad https://t.co/iiOS2BtBSx
