2026-05-22T10:47:54Z https://yabu.me ASM Researchers https://yabu.me/npub1rpswf6x7veqevalagtsqw5h9f4fp7r8k0rmr00y4e3qkjel3pnmsfzpcvg https://cdn.masto.host/sciencessocial/accounts/avatars/113/966/154/041/693/931/original/837b73d42256cf94.png https://cdn.masto.host/sciencessocial/accounts/avatars/113/966/154/041/693/931/original/837b73d42256cf94.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspsjvuqfr2k7ld739tgpkagm5psp3a9zhrg65zp7yzkjk0s58mr3szyqvxpe8gmenyr9nhl4pwqp6ju4x4y8cv7eu0vdaujhxyz6t87yx0wpv46q4 We just held another Alternative Social Media Reading Group meeting, this time discussing Hwang et al&#39;s fantastic paper, &#34;Governing Together: Toward Infrastructure for Community-Run Social Media.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19653">https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19653</a><br/><br/>Looking forward to adding this to our library! <br/><br/><a href="https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/bib.html">https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/bib.html</a><br/><br/>#alternativeSocialMedia #governance #fediverse 2026-02-02T14:33:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdheyn00qml66peu6qrqpdww45t0p00zkm98yve8lgvaynxzr3x5qzyqvxpe8gmenyr9nhl4pwqp6ju4x4y8cv7eu0vdaujhxyz6t87yx0w7wuqvy The first post of 2026 on the Alternative Social Media Researchers Blog is live! It&#39;s by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1d8dpm8hcjys8xkr3fplvvdlhr8jpdx9h79z5fh2jw46w9ps35pdq0dp3uk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Double J</span> (<span class="italic">npub1d8d…p3uk</span>)</a></span> and it presents a syllabus of a course in social media ethics. The course uses a classroom instance of Mastodon to work through ethical issues in digital media.<br/><a href="https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2026/01/12/teaching-mastodon.html">https://www.socialmediaalternatives.org/2026/01/12/teaching-mastodon.html</a><br/>Replies to this post will appear as comments on the blog. <br/>#Mastodon #pedagogy #alternativeSocialMedia 2026-01-13T14:20:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdcj976h93njqe6haz5flhxwmag8w0frd7g50f8qqkvk4cqaq8u0gzyqvxpe8gmenyr9nhl4pwqp6ju4x4y8cv7eu0vdaujhxyz6t87yx0wlkhnn5 The latest blog posts from the Network of Alternative Social Media Researchers is live! It&#39;s a rundown of some of the newest items we&#39;ve added to our academic bibliography:<br/><br/><a href="https://socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/08/01/new-bib-items.html">https://socialmediaalternatives.org/2025/08/01/new-bib-items.html</a><br/><br/>The items include analyses of alt-tech and a study of the incomplete Twitter/Mastodon migration.<br/><br/>#alternativeSocialMedia #academicChatter 2025-08-01T19:28:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxva92faswj5nsvt7znv0fs5as6hwtef7cdl5u490ckwm4gq3tquczyqvxpe8gmenyr9nhl4pwqp6ju4x4y8cv7eu0vdaujhxyz6t87yx0wctp2d2 A member of the Network of Alternative Social Media Researchers, Karen Frost-Arnold, is helping to organize a conference called &#34;Digital Decolonization and Digital Justice,&#34; to be held at the U of Johannesburg in August. The CFP is here:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.uj.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2025-08-13_14-aceps-digital-decolonisation-and-digital-justice-cfa-2.pdf">https://www.uj.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2025-08-13_14-aceps-digital-decolonisation-and-digital-justice-cfa-2.pdf</a><br/><br/>#academicchatter #CFPs #digitalDecolonization #DigitalJustice 2025-05-03T14:44:49Z