Becoming more convinced of the need to account for network reach when examining influence in a community. Eigenvalue matters, but network reach shows user impact in networks within networks. For example: Hans Noel & APSA POP Section in #APSA2019. Influence is relative; often local.

More signs that networks-in-networks matter (as much as?) eigenvalue: @kesearles Im Suraj Verma Aleksandr Fisher Benjamin Toff all form essential hubs within a strongly interconnected & busy sub-network of #APSA2019 (Fri 8/30) that weren't necessarily juiced into the central discussion

Zuckerberg is every undergrad who didn't do the reading when asked a very simple question.

#DemDebate 1/14/20 hashtag analysis and #dataviz: #Bernie2020 #BernieSanders most active & influential paired w #Warren2020 #ElizabethWarren Key policies #ClimateChange & #MedicareForAll #Biden #Buttigieg #Klobuchar central yet less influential #YangGang active in periphery

🚨🚨IT'S OUT🚨🚨On January 17, we launched one of the largest social science data sets ever constructed—a compact summary of nearly an exobyte of data. It’s meant to facilitate research on misinformation from across the web, shared on FB.

Livestream #dataviz of 2/19/20 #DemDebate hashtag network: #Bloomberg had highest volume & often shared space w #Klobuchar & popular #Warren2020 #Warren tags. #Bernie2020 #Bernie also strong, most often paired with #PeteButtigieg tags. #JoeBiden #Biden gained little exposure.

Livestream #dataviz of 2/19/20 #DemDebate hashtag network: Looking at hashtags w negative connotations, #MiniMike most likely to appear in #Trump / #Bloomberg tweets #BloombergIsARacist most likely to appear in #Bernie / #Bloomberg tweets (absent from #maga & #trump2020 tweets)

Apparently political polarization has metastasized to the point to where even a deadly global pandemic like #coronavirus isn't enough to convince the media and our elected leaders to stop shoving fingers of blame at each other for an ounce of perceived political gain.

#mpsa2020 #mpsa20

#Section230 of the Communications Decency Act was passed when #MarkZuckerberg was 12, #Yahoo was the next big thing, 2 years before #Google existed, #BigTech was a 5gb hard drive for $600 & we looked up websites in a monthly print magazine We are way overdue for a policy upgrade

I don’t require cameras, but I appreciate all of the students like Adrianna in my classes.

This is absolutely stunning tech. Blockchain is about to hit the mainstream in a huge way in 2021 with #NFTs and $OMI. Would not be surprised if #NFT evolves from a suspected misspelling of #NFL to the hottest trend everybody is talking about.

Not a bad start!

Just when I had almost given up on a future with flying cars...

Post-Thanksgiving snow day for most of eastern Missouri today. For Will and me, it was 45 minutes of catch for Day #547 of the Baseball Challenge. We used a dirty baseball so we could see it better through the snow. Midwest Rebels Baseball and Softball #baseball