Unlikely related but did pop up while looking for research done by the University of Utah on fedi:
rethinking_the_social_in_social_media--zulli_et_al--2020.pdf
https://fsebugoutzone.org/media/5427a590-e464-4355-bf1c-bea263bb633a/rethinking_the_social_in_social_media--zulli_et_al--2020.pdf?name=rethinking_the_social_in_social_media--zulli_et_al--2020.pdf
