Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University.
My latest book, "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle […]
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Robert W. Gehl
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[Daily random quote out of context from my academic book about Mastodon]
There are two fundamental problems at play here. One is network effects: people use Facebook or Twitter because other people are using them. Corporate social media are useful because they have many people on them – friends […]
One for the history books:
I love #Linux because it makes my laptops last so long the stickers on them get all worn out
[Daily random quote out of context from my academic book about Mastodon]
While that work can be fulfilling, it can also take a toll. Asking for donations, managing servers, and selling art or tickets can grind people down. Donations can be an unreliable channel for server funding […]
Along with folks like @cwebber and @dthompson I will be talking at a branch of the Toronto Library tomorrow. My presentation will be about #Mastodon: what it is and how you might use it.
If you've got a friend who's interested in Mastodon but doesn't know where to start, and they live in Toronto […]
[Daily random quote out of context from my academic book about Mastodon]
Since tech reporters were largely unfamiliar with GNU social, but were definitely familiar with Twitter, they also started calling Mastodon a Twitter alternative. This happened in a spate of articles that appeared in April […]
