Dear all, indeed a very interesting thread. I join Emma's fears and Stu stand on what has to be done. In addition to the new SN Peter has introduced - Counter Social, which I didn't know of; I enrolled to the new SN - 'POST.NEWS' initiated by former CEO of Waze - Noam Bardin. POST.NEWS - https://post.news/ See here - https://www.npr.org/2022/11/24/1139079748/leave-twitter-social-networks-mast... and here https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/28/post-news-twitter-alternative-a16z/ You have to join a waiting list for the platform and share some info about your interest in the platform. As I've declared my interest as a internet scientist / social media scholar, I was already given an option to sign in for the service. However as it was only a few days ago, I haven't had the option yet to do this, so I can't share pros and cons yet, but I do hope it will be more user friendly than Mastodon. Thanks for an interesting though worrisome thread. Unfortunately, we haven't seen the worst yet. Season's greeting, merry Christmas and a better 2023 for all of us Sharon Best Wishes, Sharon Haleva Amir, PhD HCLT / TILT Research Fellow School of Communication, Bar Ilan University -------------------------------------------------- My recent articles: Sharon Haleva-Amir (2022). The 2019-20 Israeli electoral digital campaigns: Algorithmic campaigns’ slippery slope <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13537121.2022.2134397> . Israel Affairs, 28(6), 940-955, Sharon Haleva-Amir (2022). Digital campaigns’ trends in the general elections for the24th Knesset <https://www.ippi.org.il/digital-campaigns-trends-in-the-general-elections-for-the-24th-knesset/> . Spotlight Series. Israel Public Policy Institute שרון חלבה-עמיר (2022). אלגוריתמיקה וקמפיינים דיגיטליים במערכות הבחירות של 2019 - 2022 בישראל: מגמות וסכנות <https://www.isoc.org.il/research/magazine/election-manipulation-israel> . כתב עת למחקר רב-תחומי של אינטרנט וחברה בישראל. https://communication.biu.ac.il/content/SharonHalevaAmir https://biu.academia.edu/SharonHalevaAmir https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sharon_Haleva-Amir SSRN Author Page: http://ssrn.com/author=1227022 -----Original Message----- From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of Nagy, V. (Veronika) via Air-L Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2022 8:31 AM To: Peter Timusk <peterotimusk@gmail.com>; aoir list <air-l@aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Counter social Hi Peter, Thank you for sharing this, CS seems a very promising application .. compared to all the other stuff flowing by in the last weeks. Those who have more experience with it, please share the pros and cons you found... Thank you again! Best wishes, Veronika -----Original Message----- From: Air-L < <mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of Peter Timusk via Air-L Sent: zaterdag 17 december 2022 06:45 To: aoir list < <mailto:air-l@aoir.org> air-l@aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Counter social I joined counter social as did a number of local city politics people when it was first announced earlier this year that Musk was going to buy Twitter. <https://counter.social> https://counter.social I also joined a Mastodon instance during the IR2022 in Dublin but was using Twitter as I normally would at the conference. It seemed from Dublin I saw different servers than I did back in Canada. _______________________________________________ The <mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers <http://aoir.org> http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: <http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: <http://www.aoir.org/> http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The <mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers <http://aoir.org> http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: <http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: <http://www.aoir.org/> http://www.aoir.org/ -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com