The latest FOSSAcademic post is about new research in alternative social media:

[rwg@aoir.social]

The latest FOSSAcademic post is about new research in alternative social media:

ASM Update: New Research Edition

Bluesky continues to blow up. I hear about it everywhere. It’s so backed up the Brid.gy system has slowed to a crawl. But instead of focusing yet again on Bluesky, this week I wanted to do something that is long overdue: I want to draw your attention to some new research in alternative social media. You can find these works in the bibliography page of this blog, or reach out to me if you want to join the corresponding Zotero library. Here will highlight some new papers, mostly focusing on Mastodon (and to a lesser extent the rest of the fediverse). As you will see, there’s a variety of concerns: archiving and curation, moderation, and news sharing. Links are in the titles below. Also, I am now building an email listserv focused on academic research on alternative social media (broadly conceived). Are you an academic who wants to join the list? We have 50 colleagues there now! If you want to join, contact me (preferably with a university email address) and give me some background info and I can add you to the group.

FOSS Academic (fossacademic.tech)

I've posted titles and abstracts of three new research papers, all focusing on Mastodon and the fediverse.

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#FOSSAcademic #Mastodon #research #AlternativeSocialMedia

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[rwg@aoir.social]

And I am looking for academics who study alternative social media (broadly conceived) to join a listserv I am building where we can share the latest research. DM me if that's you!

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[albertoq@hispagatos.space]

@rwg Thank you very much for including our research.

[rwg@aoir.social]

@AlbertoQ No problem! It's great! A student and I are going to build on what you've done!