The study talks to 16 Mastodon admins who got to say what they thought Mastodon did. It’s not really a study, it’s just a survey. Being posted here is just confirmation bias. For Mastodon to increase citizen empowerment, there has to be something measured and a control group that isn’t on Mastodon.
From the abstract
In this paper, following a pre-study survey, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 Mastodon instance administrators, including those who host instances to support marginalised and stigmatised communities
You really have to read beyond the headline. This isn’t Reddit.
Thank you for your service. o7
Thank you for reading the article
this. thank you
This justifies the amount of time I spend on Lemmy so I’ll believe it without so much as clicking the link
Do we also need a study that water is wet?
It’s my opinion too
