Looking very much forward to see DSA in action

#DSA #OnlinePlatforms #SocialNetworks #EUDigitalRules

https://www.politico.eu/article/dsa-x-twitter-facebook-meta-snapchat-tiktok-google-instagram-content-law/

If you ever think it's odd to see random people making non-substantative #comments on your #posts, like, just agreeing with you or whatever, remember that pretty much every #algorithm on every #SocialMedia platform that has one treats comments as the strongest #metric for what should be #boosted, because that's #engagement.

Every time I swing by the #BirdSite to check up on stuff, I try to make comments on stuff I want to be trending there. When I come back to #Mastodon / #Fediverse, I have to stop myself from saying "Right, that's great!" on posts I like. That's even as someone who's always been more active on here than I ever was on there.

The #algorithms of #SocialNetworks condition us to follow their whims, and it can be difficult for people to break out.

Just going to point out for the recent influx of #Twitter users and people from Twitter who haven't gotten the memo...

When you are talking about Twitter on here, you should call it Twitter. Don't just call it #BirdSite, #HellSite, #X, or any other euphemism, actually use the word "Twitter" Hashtag in your post.

That way, people who have posts about it blocked don't see it your post, and people who actually want to talk about Twitter will see it. The entire point of creating this #SocialNetwork was to get away from the drama of other #SocialNetworks. Those of us who want to talk about it are usually people with some background that makes it interesting to us, like people who've worked on internet stuff. There's no rule or algorithm that's going to slap you for openly talking about Twitter, but there are people who just don't want to hear about it right now.

Just call it what it is and give it the hashtag. Only exception should be mentioning that you got something from birdsite.

That said, the way @alexismadrigal opened the show is a lovely tribute to past social networks and the reasons why these spaces are so important in many of our lives. It’s just a beautiful, natural piece of writing and you should go listen: https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101894003/forum-is-launching-a-new-digital-community-how-can-we-make-the-internet-feel-like-your-bay-area

I hope he continues to maintain some kind of presence on Mast. I miss him here.

#KQED #PublicRadio #SFBA #SanFrancisco #Oakland #SocialNetworks

💻 ¿Cómo se manifiestan las desigualdades del mundo real en las redes sociales? Este estudio de QMUL e IMDEA Networks determina que el nivel de ingresos de una persona influye en el tipo de contenido que comparte.

http://www.dicyt.com/viewNews.php?newsId=47132

#SocialNetworks #RedesSociales

#Socialnetworks are not our communities.!

https://ploum.net/2023-07-06-stop-trying-to-make-social-networks-succeed.html

Humans lives in communities. We join them, we sometimes leave them. Social networks should only be an underlying infrastructure to support our communities. Social networks are not our communities.

"Social networks were initially designed around communities of trust. Twitter expanded the act of posting to the world.
The shift from #socialnetworks to #socialmedia was culturally destructive. It set the expectation that everyone deserves an #audience."
https://telegra.ph/The-Ugly-Honesty-of-Elon-Musks-Twitter-Rebrand-08-01

🤔¿Puede #Facebook cambiar unas elecciones?

Un macroestudio dice que el #algoritmo no altera las opiniones políticas.

‼️La culpa de sus posiciones ideológicas no es de Facebook, usted ya venía así de casa.‼️
https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/facebook-cambiar-elecciones-macroestudio-dice-algoritmo-no-altera-opiniones-politicas_1_10413199.html
#RedesSociales #SocialMedia #SocialNetworks

🔖#ResearchGate, la red social académica más popular entre la comunidad científica, ha superado los 25 millones de miembros.

Triunfa especialmente en Europa (32%), Asia (28%) y Norteamérica (22%).

Las 3 áreas más representadas son ingeniería (18%), medicina (15%) y biología (12%).

En términos de producción científica, dispone de más de 160 millones de publicaciones.

Fuente: researchgate.net

#ScienceMastodon #AcademicMastodon #SocialNetworks @academicchatter

I'm not sure that I fit in any of these.

#SocialMedia #SocialNetworks

I recently read an article from the New Yorker that asked "What does #Bluesky have over #Reddit & other #socialNetworks"

Answer: Bluesky & #Threads aim to provide algo curation that reduces #FOMO without hopping around a site to find stuff you want to see. This was #Twitter magic sauce & what #Facebook delivers for a smaller network of friends & groups. The first one to get there with federation will be crowned king.

#news #commentary #analysis #tech

Brilliant #comic on #SocialNetworks #social #networking #Mastodon #Fediverse #BigMammoth https://thenib.com/antisocial-behavior/

#Privacy with a well-used #deepfake : Well done (and hard-hittin) Deutsche Telekom's campaign "ShareWithCare" on the harmful effects of overexposing #children to #SocialNetworks 🛡️

› https://yewtu.be/watch?v=F4WZ_k0vUDM
› https://www.telekom.com/de/konzern/details/share-with-care-1041638 (site)

#Privacy with a well-used #deepfake : Well done (and hard-hittin) Deutsche Telekom's "ShareWithCare" campaign on the harmful effects of overexposing #children to #SocialNetworks 🛡️

› https://yewtu.be/watch?v=F4WZ_k0vUDM
› https://www.telekom.com/de/konzern/details/share-with-care-1041638 (site)

#Privacy with a well-used #deepfake : Deutsche Telekom's hard-hitting "ShareWithCare" campaign on the harmful effects of overexposing #children to #SocialNetworks 🛡️

› https://yewtu.be/watch?v=F4WZ_k0vUDM
› https://www.telekom.com/de/konzern/details/share-with-care-1041638 (site)

This is why I can't abandon #Facebook. I made a post last night to five different #socialNetworks, and this is what I got back:

Facebook (1,700 followers): 24 responses (1.4%)
Substack Notes (62 subscribers): 7 responses (11.3%)
Threads (118 followers): 6 responses (5.1%)
Mastodon (406 followers): 4 responses (1.0%)
Twitter (2,880 followers): 1 response (0.0%)

As you can see, it's not always the follower count that matters. For return on investment, I'm actually liking #Threads the best right now, though #Notes really surprised me after hours of nothing. #TwitterIsDead; it is known. I felt dirty even posting there, but it was for science. Mastodon is still the *good* one, but for self-promo, I have to follow the crowd to a degree. I'm still resisting TikTok at least.

https://www.threads.net/@cliffjonesjr

If you're on #twitter, can I request yall to retweet this to give mastodon more awareness in how everything works? I feel like there is a big misunderstanding or simply no knowledge bridging as to why #mastodon is so different compared to other #socialnetworks out there. Hoping to onboard new communities as part of the #twittermigration

https://twitter.com/beemdvp/status/1677790234153500672

Stop Trying to Make #SocialNetworks Succeed
https://ploum.net/2023-07-06-stop-trying-to-make-social-networks-succeed.html
#threads

Something about this video describes the antidote for what is broken about the way we are doing #socialNetworks .
https://youtu.be/LsmAUHeuWOE

Beyond the impeccable production values, it has something to do with #dance , with the primal, pre-verbal experience of pure being.

In #puertoRico we have the tradition of vejigantes and it's amazing to see the Bulgarian analogue.

This looks like a great #socialNetworks workshop in April 2024 hosted by ETH Zürich celebrating 50 years of Ron Breiger's seminal duality paper
CfP deadline: 14 July 2023
https://sn.ethz.ch/dualityat50.html
#SNA #SocialNetworkAnalysis #Duality @sociology