Thread by @MenanderSoter

broke: relying on opaque Twitter algorithm to find new people to follow

bespoke: directly perusing follower graph of interesting people to find new people to follow

Basic methodology: grab followers with Twitter API, import into Gephi, filter out accounts with >100k followers, compute "Modularity", color code based on modularity, size nodes based on in-degree, layout with ForceAtlas2.

It's fun to play "identify the communities". Any help in the ones I can't identify or mess up are appreciated. Suggestions for accounts to do next are welcome. PM me if you want any of the Gephi files.

@Conaw

Big fish: @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel

brown: rationalists
green: 'softer' rationalists more interested in meditation?
orange: productivity entrepreneurs?

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel purple: clojure(script)
blue: startup culture???

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98

Big fish: @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas

blue: accelerationism, esoteric philosophy
orange: weird rationalists?
pink: ????

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas purple: 4channish, ironic humor

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn

Big fish: @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg

orangish-red: traditional buddhism
green: less traditional buddhism
blue: insight, game b?

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg purple: integral, ken wilber
pink: web 3.0, blockchain, decentralization?

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @andy_matuschak

Big fish: @worrydream @devonzuegel @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef

green: tech, apps?
orangish brown: thinkers/insight/rationalism?
pink: computers + creativity + expressing yourself? (what is this called)

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef red: ????

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @Meaningness

Big fish: @slatestarcodex @juliagalef @michael_nielsen @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @KevinSimler @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @webdevMason

pink: rationalists
green: weird rationalists, 'postrationalists'
blue: buddhist-ish

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @webdevMason black: ????

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @webdevMason On second glance, black appears to be academic philosophers, esp ethics

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @webdevMason Rather,

https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1219792087916236800?s=20

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @gwern

Big fish: @slatestarcodex @juliagalef @michael_nielsen @anderssandberg @Miles_Brundage @jackclarkSF @StuartJRitchie @zooko @matthew_d_green

blue: rationalists, thinkers
green: AI, deep learning
orange: genetics

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @The_Lagrangian @gwern @_awbery_ @anderssandberg @Miles_Brundage @jackclarkSF @StuartJRitchie @zooko @matthew_d_green red: dark web, crypto

I worded this unclearly. I start with a 'subject' Twitter account. Then, I grab the accounts the subject follows. The graph represents the relationships between all those accounts.

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @vgr

Big fish: @ribbonfarm @patio11 @devonzuegel @eugenewei @sarahdoingthing @Meaningness @KevinSimler @literalbanana @visakanv @sonyasupposedly @noUpside @stewartbrand

pink: 'postrationalists'?
ugly green: tech and startups?
grey: ????

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @sarahdoingthing @literalbanana @ribbonfarm @patio11 @eugenewei @visakanv @sonyasupposedly @noUpside @stewartbrand orange/blue: ???? (spatially mixed, but separate?)

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @stevekrouse

Big fish: @worrydream @michael_nielsen @andy_matuschak @devonzuegel @Dynamicland1 @ncasenmare @jonathoda @mandy3284 @eriktorenberg @phineasb @danshipper @swannodette @heathercmiller @tomaspetricek

blue: tech startups?
pink: misc thinkers, rationalists?

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @cognazor @peternlimberg @mayli @ncasenmare @juliagalef @slatestarcodex @stevekrouse @Dynamicland1 @jonathoda @mandy3284 @eriktorenberg @phineasb @danshipper @swannodette @heathercmiller @tomaspetricek green: next level media theory, Future of Coding?
orange: programming (esp functional)

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @literalbanana

Big fish: @sonyasupposedly @eigenrobot @alicemazzy @browserdotsys @selentelechia @simpolism @Outsideness @olivertraldi @toad_spotted @turrible_tao @St_Rev @ctrlcreep @The_Lagrangian @niftierideology @othercriteria @fire__exit @Meaningness @gwern @vgr @SamoBurja

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @literalbanana @sonyasupposedly @eigenrobot @alicemazzy @browserdotsys @selentelechia @simpolism @olivertraldi @toad_spotted @turrible_tao @St_Rev @ctrlcreep @The_Lagrangian @niftierideology @othercriteria @fire__exit @gwern @SamoBurja green: weird sun twitter, ????
orange: ????
pink: ????
blue: rationalists, ????

(communities are hard to distinguish for me)

You will only find yourself on one of these Twitter graphs if the 'subject' (i.e. the root person the graph is based on) follows you. If I haven't done a graph for a subject who follows you (yet), you won't be on it

@Conaw @michael_nielsen @vgr @worrydream @andy_matuschak @KevinSimler @devonzuegel @0x49fa98 @Outsideness @KANTBOT20K @wrathofgnon @Steve_Sailer @AngloRemnant @lovecryption @Logo_Daedalus @GRITCULT @owenbroadcast @nmgrm @QuasLacrimas @VincentHorn @dthorson @BuddhistGeeks @Meaningness @ShinzenYoung @SharonSalzberg @danielmingram @BobThurman @EmilyHorn @OortCloudAtlas @literalbanana @sonyasupposedly @eigenrobot @alicemazzy @browserdotsys @selentelechia @simpolism @olivertraldi @toad_spotted @turrible_tao @St_Rev @ctrlcreep @The_Lagrangian @niftierideology @othercriteria @fire__exit @gwern @SamoBurja Continuted here

https://twitter.com/MenanderSoter/status/1220339230452408320?s=20