15 Years Ago, an Overlooked Sci-Fi Show Planted the Seeds for Modern Fandom 'Stargate: Atlantis' marked the end of an era for LiveJournal fandom — and set the blueprint for much of today's fan culture. Inverse · Jan 9, 2024
Meta closes nearly 9,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts linked to Chinese ‘Spamouflage’ foreign influence campaign Company says users targeted in Australia, UK, US and elsewhere by political spam network across more than 50 platforms The Guardian - AU · Aug 29, 2023
Meta's Threads is surging, but mass migration from Twitter is likely to remain an uphill battle Twitter’s move on July 1, 2023, to limit the number of tweets users can see in a day was the latest in a series of decisions that has spurred millions of users to sign up with alternative microblogging platforms since Elon Musk acquired Twitter last year. The Conversation · Jul 9, 2023
What happens to our data when we no longer use a social media network or publishing platform? The internet plays a central role in our lives. I — and many others my age — grew up alongside the development of social media and content platforms. The Conversation · Jan 26, 2023
Navigating a post-Twitter life online Looking at the demise of other platforms – such as LiveJournal – to game out the challenges of moving to a new one Salon · Nov 21, 2022
Mass migration from Twitter is likely to be an uphill battle – just ask ex-Tumblr users Elon Musk announced that “the bird is freed” when his US$44 billion acquisition of Twitter officially closed on Oct. 27, 2022. Some users on the microblogging platform saw this as a reason to fly away. The Conversation · Nov 3, 2022