Seeking advice to update #SocialMedia exercise I use for sophomore/junior-lvl #SocialInformatics #Informatics #Cyborg #Anthropology class. Obvs it uses #Twitter and I'd like to change the objectives to understanding #Mastodon and the #Fediverse along with online behaviors.
I've planned on updating it after attending a Metro New York Library Council #mnylc webinar about decentralized social media back in April- https://metro.org/events/goodbye-facebook-hello-decentralized-social-media-can-peer-peer-lead-less-toxic-online
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The federated structure of Mastodon introduces a speed bump in first choosing an instance that is somewhat close to the interest of the posters, @josh . A list of suggested instances would help students.
I have previously taught courses where I required students to blog reflections. I suggested WordPress.com for those who were totally unfamiliar, with others already have hosted blogs elsewhere, or self-hosted blogs. http://coevolving.com/utoronto/201801-SystemsThinking-SystemsDesign/
@daviding that’s good advice to create a curated list of instances …
I had initially planned to devote some class time to having them search for instances and create a shared list of what they found … but I think I’ll do both now. Prime the pump but then have them get some experience.
Thanks!