This is a prototype web application that allows folks to browse some of the lists of Academics of Mastodon, view public profiles and posts, and easily follow people on the list by logging in.
The wonderful Academics of Mastodon site contains links to a variety of lists of academics in different disciplines. Because many of the lists are based on the List of Sociologists maintained by David Adler et al. it was possible to create an app to view those lists in one place. This app does not maintain a copy of the data and does not “crawl” or “scrape” Mastodon, it just loads the lists into your browser and requests information from Mastodon instances as you browse.
I'm hoping to add that soon. For now, if you want to be on these lists, use the list of data sources below or head on over to Academics of Mastodon for the full list of disciplines. I'm reaching out to the folks who own those lists to see if we can add a way to ease signups. In addition to supporting current sign-up mechanisms we might
You can browse public information without logging in. In order to follow and see any non-public profiles you have permissions to see, you need to log into your Mastodon instance. I would like to add an "Export to CSV" option so that people can still make use of the data without logging in.
Yes, assuming it's not too difficult to get the data. DM me if you manage a list, or would like to start one.
Mark Igra, the founder of sciences.social built this over winter break 2022. I welcome comments and suggestions. The code is on github.
That is a frequently asked question.