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Decentralised social media ‘increases citizen empowerment’, says Oxford study (www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk)
submitted 1 day ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 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.

[–] upside431@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Thank you for reading the article

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Thank you for your service. o7

[–] ruplicant@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

this. thank you

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 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

[–] card797@champserver.net 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] SeikoAlpinist@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool, an Oxford study that isn't insulting.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 (2 children)

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) (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

[–] Nima@leminal.space 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

[–] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 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

[–] 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 (2 children)

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

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 (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.

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 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.

[–] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 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

[–] VerticaGG@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 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.

[–] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Wow so clever i bet you felt smart hitting send