can I get a copy of the data set?
Yep, it's here: http://hiiamchris.com/hubski/hub_graph/edges.json It's just two lists, one called nodes with a username and a follower count, and the other called edges, with a to and from attribute, which is just a username.
Would you be willing to release the info scraper that gathers all of the data? Or is that out of the question?
I'd be willing to do that, but I know there were some issues with the hubski server getting overloaded, so I'm not sure if mk needs a bunch of crawlers running about. If he says it's ok, however, I can definitely pass on the code - though it's nothing special at all, just a python script. mk, do you have any thoughts on crawling hubski?
I think sharing the scraper via PM is the best course of action right now. On a side note, why isn't there SOME kind of donate link for hubski? I'd love to donate a bit to hubski!