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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.
@rwg Looks really cool! I'll be adding it to my reading list to go through after I finish the 6+ books I'm slowly making my way through lol!!
Out of curiosity, what level of technical understanding does it assume of the reader? I very well may start recommending it around to friends after I read it myself.
@rwg I'm not new to the Fediverse (and I'm a late member of AOIR, registered recently to attend the conference) but I'm writing a research project about Mastodon and want to read it. Is there any way to buy the digital version in pdf+epub? Or -- will you bring physical copies to Niterói?
(I'm one of the lucky cariocas who actually live in Niterói, heh)
@liaamancio Hey, cool! Looking forward to learning about your research!
The easiest way to get a PDF of the book is if your library has a copy, because Oxford UP provides a PDF version to libraries.
E-book wise, maybe Kobo is the way to go? I don't think there's an e-pub version, unfortunately.
I can bring down a physical copy to AoIR if you want to go that route.
@rwg I'm e-book wise, but I have a Kindle 😬😬😬😬 (I'd rather read/ have it outside Amazon 😅)
The subject of my research is institutional communication on Mastodon (why are there so few public interest accounts here? Brazil is right now discussing digital sovereignty, and we only have @brasiliana - in an AWESOME initiative by @josemurilo btw). If I don't make it to UFF's pg program, I'll probably research it on my own and self-publish in my blog. That's what blogs are for. 😅
I registered for AOIR online because I'm still negotiating the in-person attendance at work, but being in Niterói, I might step by to say hi (and buy the book). I have 12 days. Let's see.
@liaamancio @brasiliana @josemurilo Cool! There's a PhD student at York, Alex Martin, doing similar work on Canadian digital sovereignty and the potential role of federated social media. (In fact, I'm presenting a paper he co-authored with me).
@rwg at the conference? 🤩 I'll make sure to include it in my schedule! @brasiliana @josemurilo
@liaamancio @rwg
Conferência em Niterói?
@rwg highly recommend! totally not biased at all xD
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