How to Stream from the Mastodon API via HTTP in Python
As I’ve mentioned in many of my blog posts before this one, Mastodon has a publicly available API which can be used to scrape statuses, collect hashtags and much more.
One feature that...
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Your Social Network Is Bigger Than You Think!
Your social network is bigger than you think!
I remember what got me really interested in social network analysis as a field of academic study was just the scale at which these networks grow...
Analysing Posts About the #Coronation on Mastodon
There is no doubt that the recent coronation of King Charles III was a massive event in the UK. Whether you're in favour of the monarchy or not, there is no doubt that the coronation event is a big...
How to Build Tag Clouds From Mastodon Hashtags
Hashtags are an important part of microblogging and are used to reach a wider audience of interested people. Much like Twitter, hashtags are also widely used on Mastodon and it's common for users t...
Finding New Followers on Mastodon Using Python and Network Science
I'm still relatively new to Mastodon and, so far, I love it. Ever since Twitter started going down hill (for reasons which I won't cover yet again) I have used Mastodon as my go-to microblogging pl...