Shifting your research from X to Mastodon? Here’s what you need to know

2024/01/01 by Roel Roscam Abbing, Robert W. Gehl · 3 voices · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Computer Science · #Social Media in Health Education #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Data Visualization and Analytics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.patter.2023.100914

Abstract

Since Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter/X and subsequent changes to that platform, computational social science researchers may be considering shifting their research programs to Mastodon and the fediverse. This article sounds several notes of caution about such a shift. We explain key differences between the fediverse and X, ultimately arguing that research must be with the fediverse, not on it.

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• “Shifting your research from X to Mastodon? Here’s what you need to know” by Roel Roscam Abbing; Robert W. Gehl [lemmy, 12 points, 2 comments]
• “Shifting your research from X to Mastodon? Here’s what you need to know” by Roel Roscam Abbing; Robert W. Gehl https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2023.100914 #FEDIVERSE #Twitter #SNS #SocialWeb #Soci [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
• “Shifting your research from X to Mastodon? Here’s what you need to know” by Roel Roscam Abbing; Robert W. Gehl doi.org/10.1016/j.pa... #FEDIVERSE #Twitter #SNS #SocialWeb #SocialNetwork #DDFON #Myc [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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