Giovanni Stina'
Popularity Dynamics on Bluesky: A Large-Scale Stochastic Analysis of High-Volatility Environments.
Rel. Emilio Leonardi, Franco Galante. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Data Science And Engineering, 2026
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Abstract
This thesis investigates the stochastic dynamics of popularity on Bluesky, a decentralized online social network, to challenge the idea that follower count defines influence. By analyzing the ecosystem, we quantify the continuous activity required to balance attention decay. We developed a custom crawler to reconstruct full user timelines from the public stream, compiling a longitudinal dataset of over 31 million interactions. We analyzed these dynamics using a Stochastic Mean-Field framework, which models popularity not as a static metric, but as a diffusive process governed by the opposing forces of content amplification and temporal decay. In this study, we leverage a recently developed stochastic model to characterize the platform's governing dynamics.
We quantified the structural 'friction', representing the decay of collective attention, and the viral 'volatility' driving popularity growth
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