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Thought I'd post an (academic) #introduction. :D I am an Assistant Professor at the University of #Groningen, with current research focus on #largscale #networkanalysis (#networkscience) working within the #InformationSystems Group; I previously worked on #humancomputation (don't like the term), #socialcomputing, #distributedsystems at #tuwien. Interested in socio-tech. issues, including #ethics #privacy, tech #policy
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Been thinking more about how to introduce “design friction” to improve our online interactions. Mastodon has many, such as the lack of a quote-post function, that constrain virality. But, we lose the pro-social effects of virality, such as visibility into a conversation going on outside of our own “filter bubble.”

More on the antivirality of Mastodon: uxdesign.cc/mastodon-is-antivi

UX Collective · Twitter alternative: how Mastodon is designed to be “antiviral”By Clive Thompson