@rra That presentation (co-authored with Roel) can now be found here:
https://robertwgehl.org/presentations/AOIR_ASM.html
and the 'script' is here:
#Tag
@rra That presentation (co-authored with Roel) can now be found here:
https://robertwgehl.org/presentations/AOIR_ASM.html
and the 'script' is here:
Tomorrow I will present a paper co-authored with @rra, "What is 'alternative' about 'alternative social media'?"
If that title alone doesn't entice you, come for the shout-out to a really cool alternative social media system that began right here in #Brazil!
Then stick around for a 'Birds of a Feather' Alternative Social Media meetup!
https://www.conftool.org/aoir2025/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=642#paperID346
@rra That presentation (co-authored with Roel) can now be found here:
https://robertwgehl.org/presentations/AOIR_ASM.html
and the 'script' is here:
Tomorrow I will present a paper co-authored with @rra, "What is 'alternative' about 'alternative social media'?"
If that title alone doesn't entice you, come for the shout-out to a really cool alternative social media system that began right here in #Brazil!
Then stick around for a 'Birds of a Feather' Alternative Social Media meetup!
https://www.conftool.org/aoir2025/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=642#paperID346
Tomorrow I will present a paper co-authored with @rra, "What is 'alternative' about 'alternative social media'?"
If that title alone doesn't entice you, come for the shout-out to a really cool alternative social media system that began right here in #Brazil!
Then stick around for a 'Birds of a Feather' Alternative Social Media meetup!
https://www.conftool.org/aoir2025/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=642#paperID346
A new post up on the Alternative Social Media Researchers blog! This one is making a strong claim: PeerSon was the first alternative social media system.
https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/10/10/peerson.html
The post is based on a research collaboration between @rra and @rwg.
A new post up on the Alternative Social Media Researchers blog! This one is making a strong claim: PeerSon was the first alternative social media system.
https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/10/10/peerson.html
The post is based on a research collaboration between @rra and @rwg.
Hey! If you're new to the fediverse and curious about it, may I humbly suggest my new book, Move Slowly and Build Bridges?
https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com/
It offers a history of Mastodon and discusses the highs and lows of content moderation and governance on the fediverse. This is a complex space, but... it's *our* space. We can make it what we want.
Hey! If you're new to the fediverse and curious about it, may I humbly suggest my new book, Move Slowly and Build Bridges?
https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com/
It offers a history of Mastodon and discusses the highs and lows of content moderation and governance on the fediverse. This is a complex space, but... it's *our* space. We can make it what we want.
There's a new Researcher Interview at the Alternative Social Media blog!
https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/10/02/tkacz.html
In this interview, Nate Tkacz talks with Blake Hallinan about a new paper, "Eventful migration: Rethinking social media migration with help from Elon Musk’s sink," which is about the movement away from Twitter towards Mastodon in late 2022/early 2023.
There's a new Researcher Interview at the Alternative Social Media blog!
https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/10/02/tkacz.html
In this interview, Nate Tkacz talks with Blake Hallinan about a new paper, "Eventful migration: Rethinking social media migration with help from Elon Musk’s sink," which is about the movement away from Twitter towards Mastodon in late 2022/early 2023.
This kind of came a bit unexpectedly today, but I have a new article out:
https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1556
It focuses on those most controversial moderation tools on the #fediverse: #blocklists. I consider the philosophy and practice of listing to argue that those who run blocklist services work hard to mitigate their problems.
I also make a case that we simply need more scholarship on content moderation on #noncentralized, noncommercial social media.
This kind of came a bit unexpectedly today, but I have a new article out:
https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/1556
It focuses on those most controversial moderation tools on the #fediverse: #blocklists. I consider the philosophy and practice of listing to argue that those who run blocklist services work hard to mitigate their problems.
I also make a case that we simply need more scholarship on content moderation on #noncentralized, noncommercial social media.
The Alternative Social Media researchers blog has a new post! This one's from @jat23, and it is a reflection on ideas from #HOPE16 and how they apply to alternative social media research.
https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/09/01/hope-and-asm.html
#alternativeSocialMedia #academicchatter
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The Alternative Social Media researchers blog has a new post! This one's from @jat23, and it is a reflection on ideas from #HOPE16 and how they apply to alternative social media research.
https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/09/01/hope-and-asm.html
#alternativeSocialMedia #academicchatter
[Replies to this post will appear as comments on the blog]
The latest blog posts from the Network of Alternative Social Media Researchers is live! It's a rundown of some of the newest items we've added to our academic bibliography:
https://socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/08/01/new-bib-items.html
The items include analyses of alt-tech and a study of the incomplete Twitter/Mastodon migration.
The latest blog posts from the Network of Alternative Social Media Researchers is live! It's a rundown of some of the newest items we've added to our academic bibliography:
https://socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/08/01/new-bib-items.html
The items include analyses of alt-tech and a study of the incomplete Twitter/Mastodon migration.
There's a new Alternative Social Media researcher interview! This time it's with @kfrostarnold, who is philosopher studying social epistemology.
https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/07/14/frost-arnold.html
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