ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMar 3

University of Exeter: New book explores growing analogue appeal in today’s digital world. “Booming interest in board games, surging sales figures of vinyl and audio cassettes, and the spread of smartphone-free social spaces are all analysed in The Analogue Idyll: Disconnection, Detox, and Departure from the Digital World.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/03/university-of-exeter-new-book-explores-growing-analogue-appeal-in-todays-digital-world/
University of Exeter: New book explores growing analogue appeal in today’s digital world

University of Exeter: New book explores growing analogue appeal in today’s digital world. “Booming interest in board games, surging sales figures of vinyl and audio cassettes, and the spread …

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
CalishatFeb 15

#Zoom #OnlineMeetings #meatspace #MentalHealth

'They found that online communication can offer some benefits and support in-person relationships, but fully replacing face-to-face interaction entirely comes with psychological costs.'

https://news.byu.edu/intellect/online-meetings-have-benefits-but-in-person-interaction-remains-irreplaceable-byu-psychologist-says

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseFeb 15

Brigham Young University: Online meetings have benefits — but in-person interaction remains irreplaceable, BYU psychologist says. “The researchers reviewed more than 1,000 studies comparing face-to-face interaction with computer-based communication. They found that online communication can offer some benefits and support in-person relationships, but fully replacing face-to-face interaction […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/15/brigham-young-university-online-meetings-have-benefits-but-in-person-interaction-remains-irreplaceable-byu-psychologist-says/
Brigham Young University: Online meetings have benefits — but in-person interaction remains irreplaceable, BYU psychologist says

Brigham Young University: Online meetings have benefits — but in-person interaction remains irreplaceable, BYU psychologist says. “The researchers reviewed more than 1,000 studies comparing f…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Show threadKevin Karhan Feb 11

@ayke @wyatt also some stuff #IRC isn't the best way to do it anyway.

I'd consider #XMPP+#OMEMO and #PGP/MIME groupchats instead as @monocles / #monoclesChat & @delta / #deltaChat make those easier.

Non-permanence and no logs is a feature, not a bug!

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] same. Funnily the same providers already disqualified themselves due to being subject to #CloudAct so that's not a problem for me either. - If I wanted to I'd rather self-host on-premise, cuz then fucking around my stuff needs a break-in. Personally, I think that the non-permanence of #IRC [is a feature, not a bug!](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/116045696132668126) - And I think peoole should embrace it for that… - For *"asynchronous communication"*, [there are better tools out there](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/116050187644707430).

Infosec.Space
Show threadSekeiJan 22
@Cheatha Kommunikation auf Mastodon fühlt sich von allen sozialen Netzwerken am meisten an, wie Kommunikation im #meatspace. Ich habe hier zun ersten mal seit einem Jahrzehnt wirklich Leute mit nuancierten Meinungen zu Themen getroffen die nicht nur egoman ihre eigene Meinung durchprügeln wollten.
MumonkanDec 30

having a #coffee themed appreciation of #printing techniques and just real world #physicalmedia in general.

1. sitting in a cafe, my friend carlos handed me this cool #risograph #zine he made.

2. this bag of coffee beans from #littlebearcoffee which is not only a cool/funny dark metal design, but i am pretty sure was done using #silkscreen

long live #analog ! glowing devices are so boring. flipping pages beats scrolling any day! 😁

#abq #zines #print #paper #meatspace #route66

notesDec 24

LLM remarking on enshitification and tech bros dismantling the Internet: "Your instinct to move toward analog, ritual, and embodied systems is adaptive.
Planners, notebooks, dharma practice, somatic awareness, community—these aren’t retreats from modernity; they’re ways of keeping agency when infrastructures rot."

#AI #LLM #Enshitification #TechBros #Analog #Planners #Notebooks #DharmaPractice #SomaticAwareness #Community #MeatSpace

Show threadKevin Karhan Oct 11

@stman no, it's what #humans with #money inflict upon other people.

  • Because machines ain't sentient - they do what they were created, setup and tasked to do!

The problem are what people do to other people, not that they do it in #meatspace or #cyberspace nor whether they use #YouTube or #Radio to incite #fear, #undertainty, #doubt and espechally #hate!

Kevin Karhan Oct 9

@Darya @ClipHead +9001%

Find sowas echt Kacke, weil das geht garnicht...

ClipHead (@[email protected])

"Ja, ne...ich wusste schon vorher, daß die Wohnung nichts für mich ist, aber ich wollte sie mir mal ansehen." Grrrrrr.

Mastodon
WeaverSep 8, 2025
How do you leverage a #socialmedia account into a #human #connection? You make stuff that people like until they message you? DM everybody you want to be #friends with? Is it like real life where they say, you can never just connect on purpose there has to be common ground? How much labor until i construct the #commonground? What does it take to even be a #digitalobject for you? I created this because i don't have enough #humanity in #meatspace. How many #posts fix #touch #starvation ?