Nathalie Van Raemdonck
So good to be at #iamcr23! The opening plenary (in 38° Lyon with no AC 🫠) saw a well-thought out plea by Christian Fuchs for a public service internet, with a shout out to http://bit.ly/psmmanifesto . Fuchs made a short mention of Mastodon as an example of cooperative internet. I don't know what it is but so far few visitors to @IAMCR seem to be tooting on Mastodon, and few talks in the whopping 144p program are about the Fediverse. Is it a case of academia and practice not mixing well?
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Show threadMichael MunnikJul 10, 2023
@nvraemdonck @IAMCR I think we’re still figuring it out. You make a good point: I was just reflecting on this after #Socrel23 this past week, where I (still) used Twitter to share moments from the conference. With a small amount of engagement from those within the room. But we’re talking a much smaller group, and with sociology of religion as the primary focus. I would expect a group like #iamcr23 to be leaders on this front - more engaged with the questions and experimenting with practice.
Show threadNathalie Van RaemdonckJul 11, 2023

@michaelmunnik @IAMCR

there's a few #iamcr2023 folks here! (It also doesn't help there's no agreement on hashtag...) It's not totally empty, but it's still a drop for a conference with hundreds of participants. I just read your reflections on your conference
https://scholar.social/@michaelmunnik/110677876215455015
I feel the same way. I made my Twitter account 10years ago to participate in parallel conversations at conferences, it makes me slightly sad that there are barely any at this moment...

Michael Munnik (@[email protected])

I had a really great time at #socrel23 - the annual conference of the Sociology of Religion Study Group for the British Sociological Association. I built a space for myself at conferences through tweets, and I did so this week. We're not a huge group, but there were usually a few others who would engage, comment, etc, plus those outside the event keeping tabs through the hashtag. Two things (in two more toots): 1) Engagement is down on Twitter 2) Next to nothing on Mastodon

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Show threadGuy BergerJul 11, 2023
@nvraemdonck @IAMCR You are right Natalie. That #IAMCR has no standardised hashtag (I counted 4 on Twitter) doesn't help. But even those still using Twitter are far from prolific.