#platformresearch — Public Fediverse posts

And these are the join dates of my followers. Two strong waves in late 2023 and a huge spike in November 2024 — right when things got… interesting? #BlueskyData #SocialGraph #DigitalHumanities #AcademicNetwork #DigitalCulture #PlatformResearch #WordCloud #FollowerStats

#PlatformResearch is when you make #TikTok feed you nazi-memes and you are somewhat happy, even more getting to that pount organically, then boosting the feed be protocolling all those creators and hashtags. There is this ambivalence and ethical concern with those things, which are only topped by the inherent conundrum of making a living from critically researching the world's malices. And there is this dash of sadness to realize that all this is real.
However, the data is hot, and the relieve, I tell you, that you will have at least this result to exploit. Alas, what awkward happiness to have found shit?
Like we could paraphrase in German: Es gibt keine richtige Forschung im Falschen.
#digitalSociology #CriticalResearch