Decentralised social media ‘increases citizen empowerment’, says Oxford study

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Decentralised social media ‘increases citizen empowerment’, says…
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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.

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

Do we also need a study that water is wet?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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