[Air-L] Will Academic Twitter Exist Under Elon Musk?

Wed Oct 26 11:36:28 PDT 2022

Maybe just send an invite to the list?

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 1:23 PM Meryl Krieger via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> I'd like to be included here as well.
>
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> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 10:48 AM Shulman, Stu via Air-L <
> air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
>
> > If the format is JSON it can be uploaded to a free DiscoverText Academic
> > account.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 10:08 AM Steph Kent via Air-L <
> > air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you! One more question
> > >
> > > Are there tricks to opening/accessing the archive once its downloaded?
> > >
> > > On Oct 25, 2022, at 5:55 PM, Derek Baird via Air-L <
> > > air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Several people have asked how to get a Twitter archive. It's super
> easy,
> > > here you go:
> > >
> > > Twitter > Settings > Your account > Download an archive of your data
> > > *_________________*
> > > *Derek E. Baird, M.A.*
> > > he/him/his
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 3:47 PM Derek Baird <debaird at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Reminder to get a Twitter archive asap. can take a few days (it
> includes
> > >
> > > DMs.)
> > >
> > >
> > > DB
> > >
> > > *_________________*
> > >
> > > *Derek E. Baird, M.A.*
> > >
> > > he/him/his
> > >
> > > English, German, Vietnamese, Ukrainian and Chinese editions of my book,
> > > *The
> > >
> > > Gen Z Frequency*, are now available  <http://amzn.to/2IKyToi>on Amazon
> > >
> > > and Blinkist <https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/the-gen-z-frequency-en
> >!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 3:40 PM sally--- via Air-L <
> > >
> > > air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm on Mastadon already, but would prefer to be on an AOIR sponsored
> > >
> > > server...
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Fenwick
> > >
> > > Mckelvey via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > >
> > > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 1:45 PM
> > >
> > > To: Robert W Gehl <lists at robertwgehl.org>
> > >
> > > Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Will Academic Twitter Exist Under Elon Musk?
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I am very much interested in the Mastadon opportunity. Please count me
> in
> > >
> > > too.
> > >
> > >
> > > Be good,
> > >
> > > Fenwick
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2022 at 13:52, Robert W Gehl via Air-L <
> > >
> > > air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Count me in on this, Aram. (no surprise there, I imagine!)
> > >
> > >
> > > As far as I'm concerned, there is academic microblogging beyond the
> Musk
> > >
> > > site -- it's on the fediverse. I'll be talking about it a bit in my
> > >
> > > presentation at AOIR.
> > >
> > >
> > > - Rob
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/24/22 13:21, Aram Sinnreich via Air-L wrote:
> > >
> > > I’ve been thinking that AoIR should launch its own Mastodon instance,
> > >
> > > open to all members. Something like aoir[dot]social.
> > >
> > >
> > > Glad to discuss in Dublin.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Oct 23, 2022, at 4:42 PM, Richard Forno via Air-L <
> > >
> > > air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > External Email: Use caution with links and attachments.
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Stu -
> > >
> > >
> > > Like many, I'm hoping for the best, but expecting the worst for
> > >
> > > Twitter.
> > >
> > > I find Twitter a fantastic tool for staying in-touch and updated on
> > >
> > > colleagues' research/ideas/musings, sharing ideas of my own and
> > >
> > > perhaps
> > >
> > > soliciting feedback/contributions, following conference hashtags
> > >
> > > (hello
> > >
> > > #AOIR2022!), some current events and socialization...and the odd dog
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > nature photo  I'd hate quit it, but I've not ruled it out ... but I
> > >
> > > could live w/o Twitter, even after 13 years.
> > >
> > >
> > > Without getting too deeply into politics here (which can be hard
> > >
> > > given
> > >
> > > the broader issues raised) -- as to your last paragraph Stu, I'm with
> > >
> > > you.  Since 2001 I've been increasingly concerned about the future of
> > >
> > > America's lttle-d democracy, view 2016 as a populist
> > >
> > > accident/experiment, saw 2020--1/6 as a test run. feel 2022 will be a
> > >
> > > good indicator of where things are heading having learned from 2020,
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > firmly believe that 2024 likely will be *the* pivotal point for our
> > >
> > > country one way or the other.   (Though politically, I think this
> > >
> > > political decline started in the mid-90s when one party decided to
> > >
> > > treat
> > >
> > > the other as the 'enemy' and embraced a scorched-earth brand of
> > >
> > > politics
> > >
> > > that considered compromise akin to treason, which got cranked to 11
> > >
> > > thanks to silo'd cable news and SM platforms in ensuing years.)  And
> > >
> > > that's all I will prognosticate about here politically -- other than
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > conclude by saying I'm worried not just about now, but that we will
> > >
> > > not
> > >
> > > be able to fix things and get "back on track for the future" anytime
> > >
> > > soon.  :/.
> > >
> > >
> > > I do admit that despite being an old-school geek/hacker, in recent
> > >
> > > years
> > >
> > > I've wrestled with the warm-and-fuzzy nostalgic notion from the '90s
> > >
> > > that "information wants to be free". In some ways, it's been great
> > >
> > > for
> > >
> > > individuals and society -- in other ways, as Borat might say, "not so
> > >
> > > much."  Of course, that change in thinking also could be a function
> > >
> > > of
> > >
> > > midlife as well as current events.   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
> > >
> > >
> > > But one of the world's dominant modern comms mediums transitioning
> > >
> > > into
> > >
> > > an unaccountable private entity run by a person .... however you view
> > >
> > > Musk .... definitely is concerning on *many* levels.[1]. By
> > >
> > > contrast, at
> > >
> > > least FB is a regulated public company and has the appearance of some
> > >
> > > 'objective' review of controversial things via its Oversight Board.
> > >
> > >
> > > As for aca-Twitter?  As I said, I'm still in wait-and-see, but it
> > >
> > > wouldn't surprise me to see many tweeps both from academia and
> > >
> > > elsewhere
> > >
> > > posting their final tweets either due to protest or for professional
> > >
> > > reasons / protection by year-end or early next year, depending on
> > >
> > > what
> > >
> > > 'innovations' are introduced to the platform post-acquisition.
> > >
> > >
> > > Stay tuned, I guess...
> > >
> > >
> > > -- rick
> > >
> > >
> > > [1] WaPo reported Friday that DOD/DOJ 'might' be investigating the
> > >
> > > Twitter deal and SpaceX-DOD contracts due to national security
> > >
> > > concerns
> > >
> > > with Musk's public views and his foreign investors.  Could be
> > >
> > > something
> > >
> > > there, could be a flash of desperation to block the sale ... but
> > >
> > > again,
> > >
> > > the question of accountability comes up.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 21 Oct 2022, at 7:43, Shulman, Stu via Air-L wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Will academic Twitter exist under Elon Musk? Will there be more or
> > >
> > > less
> > >
> > > data? More or less urgent issues to study? Will the "Fail Whale"
> > >
> > > show
> > >
> > > up
> > >
> > > again after 75% of the staff is gone? Who will do content
> > >
> > > moderation?
> > >
> > > Is
> > >
> > > this a FastTrack to the next violent uprising in the US?
> > >
> > >
> > > I am curious what people on this particular list think is about to
> > >
> > > happen.
> > >
> > > After 12 years featuring the formal study of Twitter data I am
> > >
> > > completely
> > >
> > > burned out. Not on the challenges, nor the art and science of the
> > >
> > > tasks. I
> > >
> > > still love talking to students and faculty who have chosen Twitter
> > >
> > > as
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > object of their research. The data has never been more widely
> > >
> > > available and
> > >
> > > the positive uses of it can be inspiring.
> > >
> > >
> > > It's the voluminous amounts of hate I see in my own research. Also
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > systemic weaponization of Twitter against democratic systems of
> > >
> > > government
> > >
> > > globally. As an original Board Member and the Treasurer of a 501
> > >
> > > (c)(6)
> > >
> > > called "The Big Boulder Initiative" I was working as a liaison to
> > >
> > > academia
> > >
> > > with a group of industry people on the "long term preservation of
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > social data industry." The industry survived, but the ideals aspired
> > >
> > > to
> > >
> > > have not. We offered this 2-minute Lawrence Lessig-inspired vision
> > >
> > > of
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > challenges about 7 years ago:
> > >
> > >
> > > "Why Texifter Joined the Big Boulder Initiative"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > >
> > >
> > > Lessig was right. On the Internet, architecture is the most powerful
> > >
> > > regulator. The architecture of Twitter, with corporate ads featured
> > >
> > > on
> > >
> > > insurrectionist and other problematic timelines, is now a persistent
> > >
> > > threat
> > >
> > > to democratic systems of government without a single day of Musk
> > >
> > > governance. The insurrection January 6, 2021 was planned in the open
> > >
> > > on
> > >
> > > Twitter. There were advertisements from familiar brands in every
> > >
> > > seditious
> > >
> > > timeline. Evolving tactics using Twitter trains (tagging 30
> > >
> > > like-minded
> > >
> > > users), notification-rich replies, the ReTweet functionality,
> > >
> > > gamification,
> > >
> > > domestic and foreign meme warfare, the idolatry of influence via
> > >
> > > misinformation, bots and trolls, as well as paid amplifiers of all
> > >
> > > manner
> > >
> > > and variety. The "digital soldiers" we found in the Canadian
> > >
> > > election
> > >
> > > of
> > >
> > > 2019 (fake Americans who hated Trudeau but liked RT, Russia Today
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > Southfront) were openly planning a QAnon-inspired "storm" which
> > >
> > > ultimately
> > >
> > > was the first coup attempt in two centuries of American democracy. I
> > >
> > > briefed the US/UK Intelligence Community (staff from the Joint
> > >
> > > Chiefs,
> > >
> > > JSOC, etc.) February 12, 2020 via the Strategic Multilayer
> > >
> > > Assessment
> > >
> > > using
> > >
> > > open source information from Twitter. Things have since gotten much
> > >
> > > worse,
> > >
> > > not better, since that briefing. These were the slides in early
> > >
> > > February
> > >
> > > 2020:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > >
> > >
> > > Looking at the current threat-relevant data, I have a
> > >
> > > sick-to-my-stomach
> > >
> > > feeling about the next 60 days in U.S. history. We may be late to
> > >
> > > notice
> > >
> > > the end of small "d" democracy is imminent or inevitable because of
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > Internet effects we cannot fully see, capture, measure, or control.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Dr. Stuart W. Shulman
> > >
> > > Founder and CEO, Texifter
> > >
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