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First sight Nov 23, 2022 UTC
Last successful check Jan 31, 2026 UTC
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Software Mastodon 4.5.3
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Short description
Community of researchers & practitioners in human-centric data science, broadly defined, like network science, computational social science, geospatial data science.
Long description
Welcome to datasci.social! 👋Server:
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[emojis]The goal of this server is to create a community of nice and diverse people who are researching human-centric data science and adjacent topics. For example human-centric data/network science, social data science, urban/geospatial data science, computational social science. Especially welcome: Women, black, global south & marginalized researchers. Not welcome: bullies, harassers, big abusive/toxic egos.
Visit community.datasci.social for more info.Support us

Our supporters:
community.datasci.social/docs/supportThank you, and enjoy!
Instance rules
- Please don't be a jerk.
- No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, or casteism
- No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
- No harassment, dogpiling, doxxing, or impersonation
- No content that is considered illegal in Denmark or France
- No intentional sharing of false or misleading information
- No spam or commercial advertisements
- Nothing NSFW (not safe for work)
- SIGN-UP for data scientists
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Date of creation Nov 17, 2022 UTC
Display name Michael Szell
Statistics
Last 12 weeks activity (totals: 1090 statuses, 643 logins, 21 registrations)
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Last checks (green: OK; red: KO)
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Succesful checks: 1098/1098 (100%)