Robert W. Gehl<p>The latest FOSS Academic post is "Standards War?":</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2025/03/05/standardsWar.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2025/03/05/s</span><span class="invisible">tandardsWar.html</span></a></p><p>In which I contrast the fact that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iftas</span></a></span> is shutting down some of its services against the advent of "Free Our Feeds," and I speculate that maybe we're seeing an ATProto/ActivityPub standards war.</p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/ATproto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATproto</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standards</span></a></p>
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Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest FOSS Academic: Introducing the Network of Alternative Social Media Researchers!</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2025/02/01/asmNet.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2025/02/01/a</span><span class="invisible">smNet.html</span></a></p><p>This is a new hub for academic researchers who study alternative social media.</p><p>Pretty apropos for Global Switch Day!</p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/AlternativeSocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeSocialMedia</span></a> <br><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/GlobalSwitchDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSwitchDay</span></a></p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest FOSS Academic:</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2025/01/18/makingAlts.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2025/01/18/m</span><span class="invisible">akingAlts.html</span></a></p><p>In which I talk about how state regulations are affecting the development of ActivityPub and the fediverse, and how trying to make a TOS for Loops by using an online service resulted in a surveillance capitalist-friendly document.</p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Loops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Loops</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Regulations</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a></p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest FOSS Academic!</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2025/01/10/moreThreadsBskyAP.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2025/01/10/m</span><span class="invisible">oreThreadsBskyAP.html</span></a></p><p>In which I talk about my new monitoring of Threads's fediverse blocklist, the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@cwebber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cwebber</span></a></span> and Bryan Newbold debate, and the trust and safety work of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@thisismissem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thisismissem</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/ASMupdate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASMupdate</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a></p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest FOSS Academic is pretty much dominated by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@404media" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>404media</span></a></span> materials -- shout out to them!</p><p>This ASM update is about the Bluesky bump as well as how AI is being integrated into social engineering attacks. Kind of a mix of my current research interests!</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2024/11/16/ASMupdate.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2024/11/16/A</span><span class="invisible">SMupdate.html</span></a></p><p>[replies to this will appear as comments on my blog]</p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/ASMupdate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASMupdate</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/socialEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialEngineering</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest FOSS Academic post:</p><p>Hey, Journalists: X is now Truth Social. Start treating it that way.</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2024/11/08/ASMandTFG.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2024/11/08/A</span><span class="invisible">SMandTFG.html</span></a></p><p>In which I argue that, if they cannot leave X, journalists need to treat it like Truth Social. Dip in, copy what you gotta copy, and get out. </p><p>[replies to this post will appear as comments on my blog]</p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSacademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSacademic</span></a></p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> post: On Threads's Blocklist</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2024/06/28/ThreadsBlocking.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2024/06/28/T</span><span class="invisible">hreadsBlocking.html</span></a></p><p>In which I offer some quick analysis of <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> new list of blocked servers.</p><p>There's so much more we can do to study what Threads is doing. Indeed, I will have a chapter on Threads in my book. But these are my initial thoughts a day into this event.</p><p>[Responses to this post will appear as comments on my blog, unless they are set to followers only or DM. CWs will work]</p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> post: "Maven Ain't So Mavenly":</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2024/06/12/Maven.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2024/06/12/M</span><span class="invisible">aven.html</span></a></p><p>In which I argue that <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Maven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maven</span></a>, a new social media site, is not only breaking norms of the <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> by <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/scraping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scraping</span></a> without consent -- they're ironically violating their own stated reason for existing in the first place.</p><p>[Responses to this will appear as comments on my blog, unless you set privacy to followers-only or stronger. CWs will work]</p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> post: "Decentralization or Noncentralization, Bluesky or the Fediverse?"</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2024/04/30/DecentralizedNoncentralized.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2024/04/30/D</span><span class="invisible">ecentralizedNoncentralized.html</span></a></p><p>In which I contrast decentralization with noncentralization by looking at <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a>'s approach versus that of the <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a>. </p><p>[Responses to this post will appear as comments on my blog unless you set privacy to followers-only or higher]</p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a>: "Reading the Online Harms Act with my Fediverse Admin Hat On"</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2024/04/10/Online-Harms-Act.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2024/04/10/O</span><span class="invisible">nline-Harms-Act.html</span></a></p><p>In which I discuss Canada's proposed <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/OnlineHarmsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineHarmsAct</span></a> from the perspective of a <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/admin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>admin</span></a>. While I understand the reason for the Act, I also note it could likely put a burden on fedi admins. And the big question I have is: how will the Act define the fediverse?</p><p>[replies to this post will appear as comments on my blog unless you use followers-only or DM]</p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> post: Researching the fediverse from the perspective of individual or instances. In which I draw on an article by Christina Dunbar-Hester to talk about researchers' perspectives on the <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a>, including my own.</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2024/03/14/Instances-and-Individuals.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2024/03/14/I</span><span class="invisible">nstances-and-Individuals.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/commodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodon</span></a> </p><p>[replies to this post will appear as comments on my blog, unless set to followers-only or more private. CWs will work]</p><p>edited to fix typo / I need glasses</p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> blog post: a preview of my book about <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> and the <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2024/02/11/Move-Slowy-Preview.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2024/02/11/M</span><span class="invisible">ove-Slowy-Preview.html</span></a></p><p>The post goes through "Move Slowly and Build Bridges" chapter by chapter -- except the conclusion, which is still in progress.</p><p>I'm really excited by this book and I hope many of you will be, too!</p><p>[note replies to this post will appear as comments on my blog unless you set the privacy to DM or followers-only]</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Lots of folks have comments on <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a>'s <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> integrating <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a>, so I thought I'd join the fun. </p><p>Latest <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> post: "Thoughts on Threads, or Is Mark Zuckerberg Jesus?"</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2023/12/16/ThoughtsThreads.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2023/12/16/T</span><span class="invisible">houghtsThreads.html</span></a></p><p>[replies to this post will appear as comments on the blog, unless you set privacy to followers only or DM. CWs will work]</p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> post: I experimented with applied <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> in my media ethics class, asking them to come up with a <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/CodeOfConduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CodeOfConduct</span></a> for our experimental <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> instance. The results were really good!</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2023/11/22/EthicsAndCOCs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2023/11/22/E</span><span class="invisible">thicsAndCOCs.html</span></a></p><p>[replies to this post will appear as comments on my blog, unless you set privacy to friends only or DM]</p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Latest <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a> blog post: on <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a>, the Non-Standard Standard.</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2023/10/15/APnonStandard.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2023/10/15/A</span><span class="invisible">PnonStandard.html</span></a></p><p>This is based on a presentation I'll be giving at <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/AoIR2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AoIR2023</span></a>. It discusses 4 key ways ActivityPub is not a standard standard.</p><p>Comments welcome! You can comment on it by (publicly) responding to this Mastodon post.</p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Happy to announce that my next book, tentatively titled "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media" will be published by Oxford University Press!</p><p>Read more about it, and my process of writing the book, here on <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSacademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSacademic</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2023/08/17/OxfordUP.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2023/08/17/O</span><span class="invisible">xfordUP.html</span></a></p><p>[Replies to this post will appear as comments on my blog if they are set to public]</p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a></p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>On <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/FOSSAcademic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSAcademic</span></a>: an <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/AlternativeSocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeSocialMedia</span></a> update about content moderation and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ubiqueros.com/@Are0h" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Are0h</span></a></span>'s Fediverse Safety Enhancement Project:</p><p><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2023/08/12/ASMupdateFSEP.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2023/08/12/A</span><span class="invisible">SMupdateFSEP.html</span></a></p><p>Plus, a quick note to say the <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/AoIR2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AoIR2023</span></a> preconference focusing on alternative social media is a GO!</p><p>[Replies to this post will appear as comments on my blog unless you set privacy to followers-only or DM. Content warnings will work.]</p>
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