Daniel SusserOct 30, 2022

Has anyone found or spun up an STS/critical tech instance yet?

Seems like local feeds could be the best thing about this place—being able to experience communicative spaces without first having to connect with each member would give new entrants more visibility, make amassing high follower-counts/being at the center of dense networks less important

Show threadSeth LazarOct 30, 2022
@susser but yeah, I’d love to be part of an instance that was, broadly speaking, FAccT-y…
Show threadDaniel SusserOct 30, 2022
@sethlazar My sense is that it's pretty involved—would probably need a team of volunteers (though having some dedicated admins to coordinate would be great!).. Feels like something to explore after the semester ends :)
Show threadMark O. RiedlOct 30, 2022
@susser @sethlazar I also have a sense that disciplinary instances would be a net positive. Would STS/critical tech/FaaCT find a home in hci.social?
Show threadDaniel SusserOct 30, 2022
@Riedl @sethlazar For me personally, I suspect there's a lot of overlap but it's not a perfect fit. Might come hang out over there until the STS folks put something else together though!
Show threadSuresh VenkatasubramanianOct 30, 2022
@susser @Riedl @sethlazar @mikarv I'm trying to understand what this provides over and above the FAccT slack instance which I agree is currently not active as a community forum.
Show threadMark O. RiedlOct 30, 2022
@geomblog @susser @sethlazar @mikarv For example I didn't know there was a FaacT slack. My sense is that the communities need to be built where the people want to be. That means a combination of community relevant stuff and cross-over from other aspects of peoples' lives. But I am just guessing.
Show threadDr. Casey FieslerOct 30, 2022
@Riedl @geomblog @susser @sethlazar @mikarv I've been thinking about academic communities becoming somewhat splintered - e.g. there's both hci.social (where I am) and vis.social which I imagine have some overlap. In the end I don't think it matters much (because of who you can follow), but fwiw I think facct people would be very welcome on hci!
Show threadJeffrey P. Bigham 🔥🔥
@cfiesler @Riedl @geomblog @susser @sethlazar @mikarv I'm not sure I truly understand the implications of choosing my server… I guess if @andresmh runs out of money, we lose everything? otherwise, seems like i can find everyone and follow them more or less seamlessly?
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Show threadDr. Christiane GrünlohOct 30, 2022

@susser @andresmh @Riedl @jbigham @geomblog @cfiesler @sethlazar @mikarv

I thought server wouldn’t matter, but then I switched to hci.social because of the local timeline. Felt more relevant to me that what is shown when I was on the huge mastodon.social server.

Show threadDr. Casey FieslerOct 30, 2022
@cgruenloh @susser @andresmh @Riedl @jbigham @geomblog @sethlazar @mikarv same! re: switching from another server.
Show threadDaniel SusserOct 30, 2022
@jbigham @cfiesler @Riedl @geomblog @sethlazar @mikarv @andresmh I don't think there's a huge cost in choosing a suboptimal instance. But there might be lots to gain— individually, if you pick just the right one, because the local feed will be maximally interesting/relevant, and collectively, if lots of people pick the right ones, because they will create more cohesive communities
Show threadSeth LazarOct 30, 2022
@susser @jbigham @cfiesler @Riedl @geomblog @mikarv @andresmh yeah that’s what I’m thinking—it could help w both community and serendipitous discovery. Also an opportunity for collective deliberation and decision-making.