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Open on aoir.social Robert W. GehlBook: Social Engineering:
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Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University. Currently writing a book, "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Ethical Social Media" for Oxford University Press. Been on the fediverse since 2017. I'm now helping set up AoIR.social he/him Trans rights are human rights. I boost #BlackMastodon and #MutualAid posts. I also call for alt text for accessibility.
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 It's happening! My book about Mastodon and the fediverse is now entering the production phase! My editor at Oxford is asking what sort of cover image I would like. Any suggestions? Boosts appreciated! More about the book here: https://fossacademic.tech/2024/02/11/Move-Slowy-Preview.html @rra and I have a new, #OpenAccess article out: "Shifting your research from X to Mastodon? Here's what you need to know" https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2666-3899%2823%2900323-9 This article is an opinion piece in which we argue that social scientists cannot simply port their work from X to #Mastodon or the rest of the #fediverse. There are key differences in culture, expectations of privacy, and of course topology to consider.
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 @rwg @rra @commodon @academicchatter Oh oh, this is about people who study social networks, not merely those who use social networks to do/publicize research on other topics. Interesting stuff and definitely makes me think that the moment when Twitter was especially easy to study was an unusual time, without super close analogues before or since.  Here's a totally wonky, ultranerdy piece of evidence for folks who want to argue that #Meta doesn't operate in good faith. It's based on a chapter of my book about the Dark Web (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262038263/weaving-the-dark-web/). A thread... 🧵 So, back in 2015, there were multiple groups creating encrypted, anonymizing networks (many of which are still in operation today): #I2P, #Tor, #GNU, #Namecoin. They went to the #IETF to standardize how browsers would handle their special top-level domains. (I warned you this was nerdy). The idea here was that if a user typed domain.i2p or domain.onion into a browser, the browser would leak that request to search engines or DNS servers. 2/🧵 Latest #FOSSAcademic blog post: on #ActivityPub, the Non-Standard Standard. https://fossacademic.tech/2023/10/15/APnonStandard.html This is based on a presentation I'll be giving at #AoIR2023. It discusses 4 key ways ActivityPub is not a standard standard. Comments welcome! You can comment on it by (publicly) responding to this Mastodon post.
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 @rwg Have you seen RFC 1055? It is expressly a "nonstandard". A NONSTANDARD FOR TRANSMISSION OF IP DATAGRAMS OVER SERIAL LINES: SLIP I just got done talking to @darius for my book project. We talked about the past, present, and future of the fediverse. I think it's fair to say Darius came to the fediverse for the fun, stayed for the enjoyment, and is looking forward to the weirdness! On #FOSSAcademic: an #AlternativeSocialMedia update about content moderation and @Are0h's Fediverse Safety Enhancement Project: https://fossacademic.tech/2023/08/12/ASMupdateFSEP.html Plus, a quick note to say the #AoIR2023 preconference focusing on alternative social media is a GO! [Replies to this post will appear as comments on my blog unless you set privacy to followers-only or DM. Content warnings will work.] I just contributed to an important GoFundMe: to support the work of @Are0h. He's involved in new content moderation services, such as the Bad Space and The Federation Safety Enhancement Project (https://nivenly.org/docs/papers/fsep/). I can say, as a fedi admin, these projects are making the fediverse a better place. His GoFundMe is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-new-way-to-social-media The Toronto Star just published my op-ed calling on the #CBC to run its own Mastodon/fediverse server: Heck, The Star should, too. The @TexasObserver has shown news orgs the power of running their own instances. This builds on an argument @fenwick and I made here: But is a bit more modest. While Fen and I argue the CBC could run a social media service for all Canadians, my Toronto Star op-ed merely argues the CBC could run an instance for its own reporters. |
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