Posts by rjme@mastodon.nz
 (DIR) Post #APSJOJi5GbrzYgt4pk by rjme@mastodon.nz
       2022-11-10T08:54:25Z
       
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       @strypey tbh this “They've been taught to behave in certain ways. To chase likes and retweets/boosts. To promote themselves. To perform.” struck struck me as patronising; in the most part people find a vibe that works for them - possibly Twitter selects for “textual extroverts”. But if you start from a premise that some group of people are behaving inauthentically but you are not it is unlikely to connect with them. 1/2
       
 (DIR) Post #APTTLRWow3nXdaqaau by rjme@mastodon.nz
       2022-11-10T09:29:29Z
       
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       @HappyRumbletum @strypey   But there is also the implication that the users were in fact “controlled”.  Facebook is far more top down but Twitter has huge scope to shape your own experience of the platform.  I get the “there goes the neighbourhood” (I was on Usenet for the Green Card debacle, when it comes to that, and Eternal September) thing but it reeks of smug, however unintentionally.
       
 (DIR) Post #APTTLSvJkSzHxrJfPs by rjme@mastodon.nz
       2022-11-10T11:41:20Z
       
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       @nzlemming @HappyRumbletum  Guess smug is largely (and legitimately) in the eye of the beholder. But NZ Twitter has a very similar vibe to Usenet s.c.n-z back in the day, for me.
       
 (DIR) Post #APTTsqSrFEBEX1vARc by rjme@mastodon.nz
       2022-11-10T22:26:41Z
       
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       @strypey @nzlemming @HappyRumbletum maybe. Astrophysics Twitter is largely productive, too, IMO.  (Interestingly mastodon.nz is apparently seeing a bigger influx than its .Au equivalent, so perhaps there is a “community” vibe here). But i think the locals also had some pretty robust engagement :-)
       
 (DIR) Post #APTyPqNbZsnmRy7Ck4 by rjme@mastodon.nz
       2022-11-10T09:00:23Z
       
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       @strypey I’ve been watching this develop and am coming to suspect that everyone may ultimately be happier if the people dipping their toe in this pond eventually move to other instances (some of the comments about journalists in particular struck me as unfortunate) but sometimes the gods will curse us by granting our prayers, and that is perhaps unavoidably the case for people who have long advocated a retreat from corporate social media right now.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQmDmUaZlhDgPT3zlI by rjme@mastodon.nz
       2022-12-19T21:06:36Z
       
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       Three day summer school in gravitational waves -- Auckland, New Zealand. Aimed at senior undergrads/postgrads...  Travel / accommodation support available https://www.gravity.ac.nz/2022/12/19/nzgw23/