What kind of #network do we want for #Mastodon (and #Fediverse in general)?
The answer may vary depending on users and communities, but let's discuss where the new follow-recommendation tool of Mastodon 3.5 leads us (https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/15945).
The evolution of a network where new users preferentially follow existing influencers can be modeled as a Price/BA network.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barab%C3%A1si%E2%80%93Albert_model
You end up with few large influencers.
Honestly, I'm not a fan...
#graphTheory
Tanguy Fardet
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