[Air-L] Will Academic Twitter Exist Under Elon Musk?
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> On 26 Oct 2022, at 7:23 pm, Meryl Krieger via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
>
> I'd like to be included here as well.
>
> J. Meryl Krieger, Ph.D.
> *she/her/hers*
> Senior Learning Designer
> Arts & Sciences Online Learning, College of Liberal and Professional
> Studies, University of Pennsylvania
> Lecturer, College of Liberal and Professional Studies, University of
> Pennsylvania
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> Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Purdue
> University Indianapolis
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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
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> 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"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://vimeo.com/129423037__;!!IaT_gp1N!0Ghlkf1rWCTGT5MfqPFpLm-cdX_SBpmFHVzAbi7e_nr3KCSBblNWocRhIbpOHQGFDd5ZOBbVTyp2WHk_ow$
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> Editor Emeritus, *Journal of Information Technology & Politics*
>>>
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