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Decentralised social media ‘increases citizen empowerment’, says Oxford study (www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk)

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[-] thesmokingman@programming.dev 94 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] upside431@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Thank you for reading the article

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Thank you for your service. o7

[-] ruplicant@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

this. thank you

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 27 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

[-] card797@champserver.net 44 points 1 day ago

Message boards on private servers. Ftw

[-] kernelle@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

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

[-] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago

On Tor or I2P

[-] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago

It's my opinion too

[-] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

[-] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago

[-] SeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 day ago

Cool, an Oxford study that isn't insulting.

[-] Zip2@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

To whom? Cambridge students?

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

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

[-] laxe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Do we also need a study that water is wet?

[-] Zip2@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

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

[-] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[-] Nima@leminal.space 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[-] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Nima@leminal.space 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.

[-] einkorn@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

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

[-] einkorn@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

Touché

[-] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] einkorn@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

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

That's just a fact

[-] einkorn@feddit.org 0 points 2 hours ago

Well, and it's a fact that your behaviour is kinda lacklustre.

[-] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

Wow they're planning putting people in camps and you can't even agree it's dumb to vote for that.

Fuck you you dumb as shit too

[-] einkorn@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

I guess the idea that you can state your opinion without insulting others is foreign to you?

[-] VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 8 hours ago

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.

[-] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Wow so clever i bet you felt smart hitting send

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