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Decentralised social media ‘increases citizen empowerment’, says Oxford study (www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The study talks to 16 Mastodon admins who got to say what they thought Mastodon did. It’s not really a study, it’s just a survey. Being posted here is just confirmation bias. For Mastodon to increase citizen empowerment, there has to be something measured and a control group that isn’t on Mastodon.

From the abstract

In this paper, following a pre-study survey, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 Mastodon instance administrators, including those who host instances to support marginalised and stigmatised communities

You really have to read beyond the headline. This isn’t Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Thank you for reading the article

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Thank you for your service. o7

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

this. thank you

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

This justifies the amount of time I spend on Lemmy so I'll believe it without so much as clicking the link

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Message boards on private servers. Ftw

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

You wanna go back to BBS? Cause I'll go back to BBS

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

On Tor or I2P

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool, an Oxford study that isn't insulting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To whom? Cambridge students?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

If those Cambridge students could read they'd be very upset.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Do we also need a study that water is wet?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I thought water wasn’t wet, just the stuff it touches.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Idk if this is really true.

People get their accounts banned on this site for wrongthink constantly

This shit isn't meaningfully different than reddit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

i have only heard the term "wrongthink" used by those who participate in pretty not cool places.

edit: did I get downvoted for wrongthink? lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I got my last account on here banned for telling a woman she was dumb for voting for trump

You're thinking of the wrong wrongthink

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

there's too much stuff to keep track of, man. all I know is that when I see that term, it sets off a red flag in my brain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well, maybe you subscribe to the wrong subs on the wrong instance?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Alternately: a 1 hour old account may not be entirely truthful about why they were banned

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Touché

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Banned from lemmy.world for telling a woman she was "Dumber than shit" for voting for trump and then defending him in a thread here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Banned from lemmy.world for telling a woman she was "Dumber than shit"

Well, that's not called wrongthink, that's just being an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If you vote for Trump and aren't rich, you're dumber than shit

That's just a fact

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Tbf "dumb" is ableist. You're shaming anyone who isnt "high iq", and IQ, and measuring intelligence in general, is doing the nazi's work for them.

Tbf you can insult someone's actions without resorting to personal attacks. "Voting for drumf is tantamount to shooting yourself through both feet and still managing to pierce your ear with the bullet...but hey at least it'll match your furher's ear" (See how i use the opportunity to be creative and provactive with a hint of dark humor?)

Aaaaand tbf "wrongthink" absolutely gives off qanon/kekistan" vibes so dont be surprised when talking like this turns you into a person people dont want to be around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Wow so clever i bet you felt smart hitting send