Check out these two thoughtful posts from @kfitz about what we might call "an infrastructure of one's own" when it comes to our academic social networks.

Fitzpatrick considers what it would take to create a scholarly communication network that is truly "non-extractive, community-led, and transparently governed." (Hint: Bluesky isn't the answer. And any social network that relies on AWS has its own challenges to overcome.)

https://team.hcommons.org/2024/01/05/open-infrastructures-and-the-future-of-knowledge-production-part-1/

https://team.hcommons.org/2024/01/08/open-infrastructures-and-the-future-of-knowledge-production-part-2/