# orderedItems[].object.content
@chimera Let’s define terms. You’re saying “sovereign.” Is it fair to say you mean something like an inviolate, completely autonomous and capable individual person? Is that fair?

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@chimera Let’s define terms. You’re saying “sovereign.” Is it fair to say you mean something like an inviolate, completely autonomous and capable individual person? Is that fair?

# orderedItems[].object.content
@chimera

(dropping Christine since she's probably not going to jump in)

Look, I totally understand your argument: if you are concerned that any person you know could potentially silence you at any moment, then Nostr is probably the right system for you.

My issue here is that the central idea -- that you cannot trust ANYONE at all, ever, only yourself -- is a failed technosocial view that paradoxically reinforces those who are already in power while throwing everyone else to the wolves.

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@chimera

(dropping Christine since she's probably not going to jump in)

Look, I totally understand your argument: if you are concerned that any person you know could potentially silence you at any moment, then Nostr is probably the right system for you.

My issue here is that the central idea -- that you cannot trust ANYONE at all, ever, only yourself -- is a failed technosocial view that paradoxically reinforces those who are already in power while throwing everyone else to the wolves.

# orderedItems[].object.content
@AlbertoQ @lrp Can do!

There's a lot of this going on now -- really exciting to see an area of research emerging!

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@AlbertoQ @lrp Can do!

There's a lot of this going on now -- really exciting to see an area of research emerging!

# orderedItems[].object.content
@chimera @cwebber

I know Christine is on this thread, and she is not a fan of this point, but: I think the superior model is the fediverse's server approach. There is an admin and some moderators and then everyday users, all of whom agree to a code of conduct and have to make choices about other servers to federate with.

That way, individuals do not have to do all the moderation/governance on their own. Instead, choices are made at a community level.

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@chimera @cwebber

I know Christine is on this thread, and she is not a fan of this point, but: I think the superior model is the fediverse's server approach. There is an admin and some moderators and then everyday users, all of whom agree to a code of conduct and have to make choices about other servers to federate with.

That way, individuals do not have to do all the moderation/governance on their own. Instead, choices are made at a community level.

# orderedItems[].object.content
@cwebber I was definitely surprised how journalists called it “decentralized” right when it started. Now I hear journalists call it “federated.” Bluesky has good PR, for sure.

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@cwebber I was definitely surprised how journalists called it “decentralized” right when it started. Now I hear journalists call it “federated.” Bluesky has good PR, for sure.

# orderedItems[].object.content
@chimera @cwebber There's more to social networking than the underlying protocol. There are also social elements, such as governance, moderation.

As someone who has written extensively about various alternative systems, encryption systems, I know of Nostr but have little interest in using it or promoting it.

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@chimera @cwebber There's more to social networking than the underlying protocol. There are also social elements, such as governance, moderation.

As someone who has written extensively about various alternative systems, encryption systems, I know of Nostr but have little interest in using it or promoting it.

# orderedItems[].object.content
@AlbertoQ No problem! It's great! A student and I are going to build on what you've done!

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@AlbertoQ No problem! It's great! A student and I are going to build on what you've done!

# orderedItems[].object.content
@chimera @cwebber

I think recommending Nostr to Christine is like recommending playing basketball to Lebron. She knows a thing or two about it already...

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@chimera @cwebber

I think recommending Nostr to Christine is like recommending playing basketball to Lebron. She knows a thing or two about it already...

# orderedItems[].object.content
@blackburied You're not alone, as you probably know.

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@blackburied You're not alone, as you probably know.

# orderedItems[].object.content
@cwebber with one of my big concerns about Bluesky:

"Part of the concern I have with Bluesky presently is thus that people are gaining the impression that it's a decentralized system in ways that it is not. There are multiple ways this could end up being a problem for the decentralized world; one irritating way is that people might believe there's an "easy decentralized way to do things" that Bluesky has discovered which isn't actually that at all"

https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decent ralized-is-bluesky/

#bluesky

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@cwebber with one of my big concerns about Bluesky:

"Part of the concern I have with Bluesky presently is thus that people are gaining the impression that it's a decentralized system in ways that it is not. There are multiple ways this could end up being a problem for the decentralized world; one irritating way is that people might believe there's an "easy decentralized way to do things" that Bluesky has discovered which isn't actually that at all"

https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decent ralized-is-bluesky/

#bluesky

# orderedItems[].object.content
And I am looking for academics who study alternative social media (broadly conceived) to join a listserv I am building where we can share the latest research. DM me if that's you!

2/2

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
And I am looking for academics who study alternative social media (broadly conceived) to join a listserv I am building where we can share the latest research. DM me if that's you!

2/2

# orderedItems[].object.content
The latest FOSSAcademic post is about new research in alternative social media:

https://fossacademic.tech/2024/11/22/A SMupdateResearch.html

I've posted titles and abstracts of three new research papers, all focusing on Mastodon and the fediverse.

[replies to this will appear as comments on my blog, unless you set the privacy to followers only or DM]

#FOSSAcademic #Mastodon #research #AlternativeSocialMedia

1/2

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
The latest FOSSAcademic post is about new research in alternative social media:

https://fossacademic.tech/2024/11/22/A SMupdateResearch.html

I've posted titles and abstracts of three new research papers, all focusing on Mastodon and the fediverse.

[replies to this will appear as comments on my blog, unless you set the privacy to followers only or DM]

#FOSSAcademic #Mastodon #research #AlternativeSocialMedia

1/2

# orderedItems[].object.content
@chris Agreed. As you probably know, @fenwick and I have argued the CBC should explore setting up their own server. It could be for Canadians writ large, or more modestly for their news reporters:

https://theconversation.com/canadas-pu blic-broadcaster-should-use-mastodon-to-provide-a-social-media-service-194116

https://www. thestar.com/opinion/contributo rs/why-the-cbc-should-quit-twitter-and-run-its-own-mastodon-server/article_fbb839ff-75c9-56e0-968e-5b639233f0eb.html

I also think government agencies should. I'd be happy to help any of them with how to do it! I imagine many others would, too.

# orderedItems[].object.contentMap.en
@chris Agreed. As you probably know, @fenwick and I have argued the CBC should explore setting up their own server. It could be for Canadians writ large, or more modestly for their news reporters:

https://theconversation.com/canadas-pu blic-broadcaster-should-use-mastodon-to-provide-a-social-media-service-194116

https://www. thestar.com/opinion/contributo rs/why-the-cbc-should-quit-twitter-and-run-its-own-mastodon-server/article_fbb839ff-75c9-56e0-968e-5b639233f0eb.html

I also think government agencies should. I'd be happy to help any of them with how to do it! I imagine many others would, too.