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[-] thesmokingman@programming.dev 111 points 2 years 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 25 points 2 years ago

Thank you for reading the article

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

Thank you for your service. o7

[-] ruplicant@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

this. thank you

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