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Large active accounts sit at the center of their own cluster. Around each one are the accounts that reposted, quoted or replied to it (and liked it, when likes are on), placed in a shell around the large account they engaged with most. Lines show engagement we observed, not friendship or agreement: people repost and reply to accounts they follow closely, to discuss news, and to disagree.

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Kinds of engagement

Mentions are not included: the collector this picture is built from does not record them. Likes are kept for 7 days only, so turning them on switches to the 7-day window.

Large accounts (centers) Followers, from Followers, up to

Follower bands are steps for browsing, not a finding; counts are accounts in this window's export, before the per-center limit.

Engagement received per day, at least

Amplifying accounts Followers, from Followers, up to

Include accounts whose follower count we have not looked up

Follower bands are steps for browsing, not a finding; counts are accounts in this window's export, before the per-center limit.

Engagement given per day, at least

Accounts with 10,000+ followers and a handle we could confirm are named. Smaller accounts, accounts whose follower count we do not know, and accounts with no handle we could confirm are unnamed points: their follower count is shown as a band and their counts as ranges. An unnamed account with 10,000 or more followers is in no one band: it is left out of the band counts and shown only while the range starts at 10,000 or lower and runs to the top band.

Links Keep the strongest links: top

A percentile of link weight (the selected kinds of engagement added up), over the links that pass the other filters.

Whole sky: amplifying accounts per large account, up to

Fewer points draw faster; small screens start at 12. Changing it lays the whole sky out again. A constellation always draws all of its center's.

Drawing

Show filtered-out accounts faintly instead of hiding them

Drag to turn, scroll or pinch to zoom, right-drag to move. Click a point or a line to select it and see its counts; the view stays put. "Center here" on its card moves to it and orbits; a large account's card can open its constellation. Back undoes view and camera moves one at a time.