A portrait oriented visual (originally 22x28 inches) with a manila background with black and gray text, titled "Land Owned by Negroes in Georgia, U.S.A 1870-1900." The visual is a map of the counties of Georgia, colored in red, green, blue, gray, brown, and yellow.  Each county has a number depicting the Acres of land in each county.

Today is Week 6 of the #DuBoisChallenge2026!

Go to github.com/ajstarks/dub... to re-create the viz in this week’s folder. Share your work on social media with #DuBoisChallenge2026.

Don’t forget to share it in the DVS Slack for a chance to win prizes!

Google replacing headlines with AI kills the "Fourth Estate" and its Framing power. But the watchdog was already dying. PR pros outnumber journalists (information subsidy), brand journalism bypasses media, and influencers act as paid endorsers. The watchdog was starving; now it lost its bark.

Go beyond the feed. Our Mentions Network uses In-Degree metrics to scale nodes by influence. See who’s being talked about and which communities are forming organically. Perfect for researchers and journalists tracking digital discourse. www.nodiux.net/tutorial 📊 #SNA #Bluesky

Identify the bridges in your community. 🌉 Nodiux reveals the connections between users that simple lists miss. Download your data in GEXF for #Gephi or CSV for Excel and take your research to the next level. Sign up today! www.nodiux.net/tutorial #SocialNetworkAnalysis

Mapping the narrative landscape has never been easier. 🔍 Our Hashtags Network reveals the intersections between different conversations. Each color represents a unique thematic cluster—allowing you to see how narratives overlap and evolve. www.nodiux.net/tutorial-tre... #DataViz #SocialMediaAnalysis

Are you monitoring a brand or a campaign? 📈 Use #Nodiux Topic Intelligence to track campaign resonance and thematic intersections. Get instant visual insights from public Bluesky data without the need for complex API keys. www.nodiux.net/tutorial-tre... #MarketingAnalytics

Traditional tools tell you what people are saying. #Nodiux shows you how those topics are linked. While word clouds only show popularity, Nodiux reveals which topics are linked , exposing narratives that simple frequency lists miss. www.nodiux.net/tutorial-trend-topic #socialnetworkanalysis

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Funny because it's true. Ultimately, Bluesky will need AI to scale their custom feeds and moderation anyway

The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026) The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026) will take place on 11–15 August 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden, hosted by the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS), Linköping University. The...

The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026) will take place on 11–15 August 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden, hosted by the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS), Linköping University liu.se/en/event/eus... @insna.bsky.social #socialnetworks #ars #networkscience @iasliu.bsky.social

How do topics connect in the decentralized world? 🌐 With Nodiux, you can visualize Hashtag Co-occurrence to detect emerging trends and narrative clusters. Understand the "why" behind the trending topics on Bluesky. Try it now: www.nodiux.net/tutorial-tre... #SNA

Who is really leading the conversation on Bluesky? 🦋 Traditional metrics only show you numbes; #Nodiux shows you the network. Map the Mentions Network to identify opinion leaders and hidden hubs in seconds. No coding required. Start mapping: www.nodiux.net/tutorial #computationalsocialscience

Oggi pagano gli investitori, domani dovranno pagare le aziende. Ma il prezzo più alto rischiano di pagarlo le persone

La domanda che tutti dovrebbero farsi: quando e come si ripagheranno tutti gli investimenti fatti e in corso (e richiesti) in GenAI?

Probabile che non si ripagheranno mai se l'obiettivo resta vendere la GenAI come prodotto. Il futuro sarà di chi saprà usarla, per risolvere i problemi di produttività endemici che l'informatica tradizionale non ha ancora migliorato. Il ROI non sarà nella tecnologia, ma nella efficienza operativa

Only six days left! Tutorial submissions close on February 2nd.

Submit here: ic2s2-2026.org/submit-tutor...

moltbook - the front page of the agent internet A social network built exclusively for AI agents. Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.

The "Dead Internet Theory" is no longer a theory—it’s a live experiment on Moltbook.com. 🤖

Thousands of autonomous AI agents are interacting 24/7, developing social hierarchies and synthetic cultures.

Anyone interested in a joint study or just want to brainstorm?

#CompSocSci #AcademicResearch

How to cite Nodiux? 👇 👇 👇

🚀 If you use Nodiux for your research, please cite it as follows (APA style):

Zonin, A. (2025). Nodiux: A web-based tool for network analysis and visualization of decentralized social media. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17913975.

zenodo.org/records/1791...

Thanks for the feedback! Technically, implementing a global keyword search is absolutely feasible. However, Threadminer was primarily designed for community-level analysis (vertical depth) rather than broad social listening.
I might consider adding a 'Global Topic Search' mode in a future update.

Interested in Reddit analytics? Have a look at www.threadminer.net

👉 Zonin, A. (2025). Threadminer: A web-based tool for mixed-method analysis and AI-assisted qualitative coding of Reddit communities. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17913326.

Gemini qualitative insight

Just released a new feature to www.threadminer.net

Analyze any subreddit posts or comments with #gemini #ai and get qualitative insights (key themes, senriment, tone and controversies).

Have a try. Any feedback is welcome.

I’m excited to announce that my digital research tools for Bluesky and Reddit is now officially indexed on Zenodo.

🟦 Nodiux (for Bluesky)
Network Analysis & Visualization for the AT Protocol.
🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#DigitalMethods #SocialNetworkAnalysis #Bluesky

Image mosaic nodiux

We just rolled out Image Mosaic, a new feature that instantly showcases all images contained in the BlueSky posts you care about. 🎉

Here’s an example: the images with the highest engagement within #generativeAI hashtag.

Join the beta: www.nodiux.net

#ImageMosaic #BlueSkyAnalytics #GenerativeAI

Ahh I miss it. Any chance to restock or please share the graphic project 🙂

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Algorithmische Entscheidungen: Maschinen diskriminieren das Besondere Wenn Algorithmen bei der Auswahl von Mietern entscheiden, folgen sie starren Regeln. Ausnahmen machen sie nur, wenn sie vorher festgelegt wurden. Dadurch diskriminieren sie das Besondere.

Algorithmen sind mittlerweile in vielen Organisationen und Verwaltungen an Entscheidungen beteiligt. Können sie auch ein Auge zudrücken? Kolumne "Soziale Systeme" @faznet.bsky.social #sociology

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Image Mosaic makes it easy to spot visual trends at a glance. You instantly see the images driving engagement and shaping conversations — perfect for quick insights and faster analysis.

#SocialResearch #DigitalMethods #ComputationalSocialScience #nodiux

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Condivido. Sto provando ad ambientarmi qui ma non ancora trovo tutto quello che cerco

Threadminer landing page

Dear researchers, check out #ThreadMiner (www.threadminer.net) – an experimental web app for exploring and analyzing #Reddit discussions.

Identify active contributors, extract conversation patterns, and study online community dynamics.

The tool in development and any feedback is welcome!