Scott MatterOct 29, 2022
Dr. Casey Fiesler
Have you packed your bags and relocated here from Twitter? You might be interested in reading this paper about what happens when communities migrate across platforms. :) https://cmci.colorado.edu/~cafi5706/CSCW2020_MovingAcrossLands.pdf #twittermigration
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Show threadDr. Casey FieslerOct 29, 2022
Someone unrolled my bird thread about this research and what I think it means re: possible challenges for the great #TwitterMigration if you'd like to read the highlights rather than an entire paper. :) https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1586009313738309632.html
Thread by @cfiesler on Thread Reader App

@cfiesler: Two years ago we published a paper about online community migration, and I think the findings and recommendations are relevant to what I'm seeing right now on Twitter. Especially the barriers and challeng...…

Show threadDr. Casey FieslerOct 30, 2022

for more on the challenges of migration, check out this post from @pluralistic

"The problem with social media is that they used our presence as bait to lure in our friends and vice-versa and now they won’t let us go without extracting as high a price as possible for our disloyalty."

https://doctorow.medium.com/how-to-leave-dying-social-media-platforms-9fc550fe5abf

How to Leave Dying Social Media Platforms - Cory Doctorow - Medium

In the opening scenes of the 1971 film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof, the narrator, Tevye, introduces us to his village of Anatevka, which is a pretty fraught place where people are unhappy and…

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Show threadMatthias KrämerOct 29, 2022
@cfiesler Cool. Those threadreaders offer an easy way to bring some of your bags with you. Thanks for the very useful insights from your research in the process of digital mass migrations! So relatable today.
Show threadScott MatterOct 29, 2022
@cfiesler hadn’t thought of rec.music.phish as a fandom before reading this abstract ❤️
Show threadSwayze 🌹Oct 29, 2022
@cfiesler The use of fanfiction.net as the community of focus is a great choice! 😀
Show threadArjen P. de Vries TimmersOct 29, 2022
@cfiesler it doesn't list "unsympathetic billionaire bought platform", so much for predicting the future based on interviews from the past 😉
Show threademilyriedererOct 29, 2022
@cfiesler Nothing could make this feel more "like home" than starting to see interesting research articles on my feed. Thank you!
Show threadThaiis Thei 𓁟Oct 30, 2022
@cfiesler platforms have zero interest in helping users migrate and often actively work to frustrate users' desires. e.g.Second Life initially leaned towards openness but once they realised users preferred open servers they made it impossible to export inventory, which made users reluctant to leave behind goods they had paid for.
Show threadDr. Casey FieslerOct 30, 2022
@Oozenet yep! that is a point in the paper, so it focuses more on design recommendations for the target platform
Show threadThaiis Thei 𓁟Oct 31, 2022
@cfiesler Indeed it does. What could be done and that these things should be done is the first part of the problem. How to get platforms to decide to do them is the bigger part. Any ideas?
Show threadDr. Casey FieslerOct 31, 2022
@Oozenet well I’d like to think platforms are invested in getting new users
Show threadThaiis Thei 𓁟Oct 31, 2022
@cfiesler Platforms often seem bent on acting against their users' interests. That is why I brought up the Second Life example. They are often more interested in serving their advertisers' interests, and that requires a captive audience.
Show threadBrittaOct 30, 2022
@cfiesler @rachelcoldicutt This is interesting, thank you! I was involved in the del.icio.us-to-pinboard.in migration, curious if that one came up much in your research?
Show threadGwmngilfenOct 31, 2022
@cfiesler thanks for this. I'm very glad to see that my instincts for handling previous migrations were right on the nose :)
Show threadKathleen SullivanOct 31, 2022
@cfiesler I migrated from the hipmama discussion boards to what essentially became pre-monetized mommyblogging in the early 2000s. I appreciate this scholarly take on platform migrations
Show threadgeoffreygevaltNov 4, 2022
@cfiesler thank you for this. quite interesting.