Notices by Nathalie Van Raemdonck (eilah_tan@aoir.social)

amidst giants writing out their thoughts on Bluesky, I'm humbly sharing a piece I was asked to write about power concentrations on Bluesky for a more layman policy audience. The piece was originally in Dutch https://www.sampol.be/2024/11/iedereen-naar-bluesky , but I translated it for those interested ! https://www.brussels-school.be/research/publications/power-consolidation-bluesky-and-fragmentation-public-discourse-sky-more-blue
In it I detangled the “is the network decentralized” question and added reflections how the governance structure also consolidates power with certain users within the platform.

Hello AoIR! Time to make my #introduction on this server! PhD researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, currently in between Barcelona (where my partner lives), and Brussels (where part of my heart lies).

I'm doing my PhD research on the mutual shaping of platform affordances and social norms (yay collective perspectives!) I mostly started this PhD to justify my social media addiction and have an outlet for all the insights I've gathered on the memes and the ✨ lore ✨ .

I moved to Mastodon last year in the first migration wave when AoIR.social wasn't active yet, found my initial home at HCI.social, the closest community I could find with internet researchers, but I finally overcame my procrastination and moved to an instance where I would enjoy the local timeline more.

Don't hesitate to hit me up if you're new here and have any questions about Mastodon and the Fediverse! (i'll be presenting some of my research perspective concerning the Fedi at #AoIR2023!)