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   𝓻𝓻𝓪 (rra@post.lurk.org)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 18:31:29 JST 𝓻𝓻𝓪

   In June I attended a workshop on #research on and through Mastodon by @ccamara and @__nate__. Part of the discussions during that workshop focused on understanding how computational research could happen on the Fediverse. Prompted by the upcoming mastodon 4.2 release, I wrote down some thoughts on what that can mean for scraping-based academic research on the fediverse.

   My tldr: this type of research is going to happen regardless of whether people want it or not. Calls for changing research methods are insufficient. Instead, we could focus on mechanisms for cooperative actors to better navigate consent computationally. The new 4.2 toot:indexable flag possibly provides a model for this.

   https://test.roelof.info/log/toot-indexable/

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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 27-Feb-2023 10:54:58 JST Evan Prodromou

   So, a quick comment on VC-funded companies with products in the fediverse.

   My company, StatusNet, was venture funded. I don't know how we could have run identi.ca for so long for so many people without that funding.

   I think it's hard to get a 10x return in markets where open standards prevail. But I'm happy to see people try.

   As long as the fediverse remains diverse and competitive, and community, coop and family servers have a place, I'm not opposed to commercial companies participating.