Wrote this some time ago as part of a research traineeship project. May be outdated.

Any open PhD position in EU to explore the fediverse? (background in Communication + Sociology of Culture and Media)

#MastodonResearch #fediverseexploration

https://quintotempo.wordpress.com/2025/02/08/social-media-a-mastodon-introduction/

Social media: a Mastodon introduction

In recent years, a variety of decentralised social media systems have appeared and, since Elon Musk acquired Twitter (now ‘X’), a few of them have gained worldwide popularity and increased attentio…

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Willst du bei einer wissenschaftlichen Studie über #Mastodon mithelfen (in EN oder DE)?

https://sosci.univie.ac.at/MastodonActivity/

Das Ziel ist, herauszufinden, warum so viele Accounts nicht mehr länger aktiv sind. Du kannst teilnehmen, wenn du (ehemalige*r) Mastodon Nutzer*in bist. Falls du Mastodon noch nie genutzt haben solltest, sondern bloß eine andere #Fediverse Software, dann zählst du leider nicht zur Zielgruppe.

#Studie #Wissenschaft #wissenschaftlicheStudie #ScientificStudy #MastodonResearch #FediverseResearch #FediScience

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I’m re-reading some key research on Twitter from a few years back (right now on Ash (2016) https://www.languageatinternet.org/articles/2016/evans/) and OF COURSE all the observations are a lot more applicable to Mastodon than to Twitter now in algo age.

Makes me itch to do a Mastodon study, but then I start thinking over the logistics of getting permissions and setting up a new data collection pipeline and my enthusiasm vanes somewhat
#linguistics #MastodonResearch

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