@ginahelfrich I see, that doesn't sound too bad then. I guess I'm just too attached to my old posts haha. Thanks!

@ilmari_ivaska @academicchatter Oh, that's great, reassuring to hear. Thanks!

@nino @academicchatter I echo what has been said above - definitely worth trying. I went through the editorial board of one of the central journals of my field and wrote and short-listed those with research interests in line with mine and wrote an email introducing myself and describing potential common research avenues. I think I contacted 5 people, and everybody replied politely and willing to collaborate. I ended up as a postdoc with one of them, and that was a great experience!

@bitbear @asthargf I hope so too, but FOSS stuff from my experience tends to fare worse than proprietary alternatives. I'm not optimistic. On the bright side, though, maybe Threads and BlueSky adding a bridge to the Fediverse will help make it more popular.

@bitbear @asthargf Absolutely more engagement per follower, miles ahead of Twitter in that respect. Still, like I said, doesn't feel like a major platform yet.

Just the morning garden birds..
No Kites this morning, I missed them.

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK

@bitbear It's mainly because I have 3000 followers there, but also because it's still a major and recognisable network where I can find lots of people and have a larger audience. That's why I'm hoping for one of the alternatives to become big, though personally I enjoy using Mastodon the most.

I wonder what the correlation is between:

1. Twitter being the first social network people have made their home, and;
2. How hard it is for them to leave Twitter.

Having been on numerous social platforms since the BBS’s of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, through USENET and various online forums, leaving Twitter was easy. But it pains me to see how hard it is for so many others to leave, and I wonder why that is.

Boosts appreciated!

#Twitter #TwitterMigration #Online #Home #BoostPlease #SocialMedia #Forum #Usenet #BBS

Any recommendations for recent academic readings on the #ethics of #journalism in the #digital #age ? I am particular interested in the professional role of journalists in comparison to other "content creators" #philosophy

@rob_models @qruyant Yeah, though I could do that through the archive as well.

@rob_models @qruyant Yeah, that part is sort of stopping me, though I don't know why. It's not like anyone reads my year-old posts 😄

@rob_models @qruyant Thanks, that'll come in handy!

@rob_models @qruyant I see. So all of my posts would be gone. I'll think about it, then, thanks!

@qruyant @rob_models Yeah, I'm seriously considering it, but I don't know if I'll keep my posts then? I don't really get how it works, tbh 😄

@qruyant @rob_models I dislike that it's missing, I used it often on Twitter...

@qruyant No, on Mastodon Social they have trending posts, hashtags, news, but not here on Scholar.

@rob_models No trending hashtags, news, posts, and my instance blocks some of the most popular instances, like Mastodon Social.

#Introduction : I just moved to this server. I am a #Philosopher working at the @utwente at the intersection of #PhiloosophyOfTheCity and #PhilosophyOfTechnology . I have a special interest in #design and, thus, are part of the #SiG #DesignEthics in the #DesignResearch society, and - finally - I am interested in the role of #AI and #Robotics in #cities and in #HumanitarianAid .

#sts #Commodon #Communication #MediaStudies #AcademicChatter

AI systems fail & are going to keep failing, but...

- Which failures "matter"?
- What do they reveal about sociotechnical power?
- Who's invested in seeing & fixing mistakes?

I've lately been studying *failures* of algorithms & machine learning systems...a little thread with 3 resources if folks are interested...

Article in Nature today on the question of how to assess AI systems, including some recent work by myself and my collaborators!

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02361-7