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.

#fediverse #mastodon #alternativeSocialMedia

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.

#fediverse #mastodon #alternativeSocialMedia

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.

#interviews #academicChatter #alternativeSocialMedia

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.

#interviews #academicChatter #alternativeSocialMedia

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.

#alternativeSocialMedia

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.

#alternativeSocialMedia

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

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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.

#alternativeSocialMedia#academicChatter

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.

#alternativeSocialMedia#academicChatter

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

#alternativeSocialMedia #academicchatter #research

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

#alternativeSocialMedia #academicchatter #research