Mastodawn

Jonathan Groves Nov 27, 2024

How public should your platform content/data be?

Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon.Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵 — Dr. Casey Fiesler (@cfiesler.bsky.social) November 27, 2024 at 9:31 AM

https://grovesprof.wordpress.com/2024/11/27/how-public-should-your-platform-content-data-be/

How public should your platform content/data be?

Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon.Anyway, buckle up this is…

Changing Journalism

Jonathan Groves Jul 9, 2023

I’ve been a part of the internet since 1993, in the days of gopher, Usenet and IRC.

After dealing with a personal identity-theft crisis, my digital optimism is at an all-time low.

Jonathan Groves Jun 27, 2023

Adding a PDF to your Kindle Scribe

https://grovesprof.wordpress.com/2023/06/27/adding-a-pdf-to-your-kindle-scribe/

Adding a PDF to your Kindle Scribe

After years of struggling with subpar handwriting options for my iPad, I opted to dive into Amazon’s e-ink tablet, the Kindle Scribe. The Kindle had already won me over as a primary reader. T…

Changing Journalism

Jonathan Groves Dec 29, 2022

Quite the nut graph. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/pam-grier-interview-chainsaw-john-lennon-richard-pryor-jimi-hendrix-quentin-tarantino-1234652915/

Pam Grier Has a Chainsaw and She Isn’t Afraid to Use It

The screen legend opens up about raising hell with John Lennon, cutting it up with Richard Pryor, jamming with Hendrix and her 90-day dating rule

Rolling Stone

Jonathan Groves Dec 27, 2022

Great way to summarize info by @TheGuardian_uk. One suggested improvement: including links after revealing the answer. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/27/take-a-wild-guess-the-environment-quiz-of-2022

Take a wild guess: the environment quiz of 2022

Test your knowledge of some of this year’s environment stories

The Guardian

Jonathan Groves Dec 26, 2022

Show thread

Seth Cotlar Dec 26, 2022

Here's a version on Thread Reader if you don't want to enter Elon's site at all. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1607388690866900994.html

Thread by @SethCotlar on Thread Reader App

@SethCotlar: Here’s an illustration of this. Watch this short clip from a 1984 Donahue show. Note how familiar many of the guest’s talking points would sound to anyone familiar with MAGA political culture. I’ll tell...…

Jonathan Groves Nov 23, 2022

Good @TheConversationUS summary of the State of Twitter under Musk. It will provide great material for my Organizational Change class... https://theconversation.com/elon-musks-hardcore-management-style-a-case-study-in-what-not-to-do-194999

Elon Musk's 'hardcore' management style: a case study in what not to do

Change management never quite goes according to plan. But it’s hard to figure out if Elon Musk even has a plan.

The Conversation

Jonathan Groves Nov 4, 2022

We Were Three is an unusual podcast, a layered exploration of family and love through dysfunction. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/podcasts/we-were-three.html