I want to eventually expand this beyond just my writing; I will start with helping Mastodon instance operators but from there I would like it to become a place people can submit their research, and possibly even do some peer review. So far I have been working on CSS I can put inline for free until I can create my own system that gives me the features needed for discussing computer science topics easily

  • stevedidWHAT
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    210 months ago

    What are the pros and cons to using a preexisting platform for social media for the purposes of academic research?

    • ekisOPM
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      310 months ago

      I guess I will un delete this post didn’t realize there was a comment.

      I thought I replied but I guess it never told me it didn’t send (lemmy is really buggy).

      Basically all cons I would say. The only benefit is that I can write guides immediately to help out Mastodon Instance operators who are running into these same issues over and over like “too many files used” because the “spec” Mastodon web-client is bloated and I’m really not trying to be mean or conceded or start drama but poorly written and designed.

      So I have immediate simple things these instance operators can do to lower their hosting bills, support more uses, and ideally become more financially sustainable.

      I am going to write my own soon as I have time so it has all my own features, doesn’t have a tiered system to pay for features, and supports everything I need for legitimate looking grey-literature articles.

      I had a very hard teacher for 2 semesters who would have us write scientific papers like every 2 days, and the mistakes me made on the previous ones we had to correct, so it snowballed for a whole year; he was super nice normally but so critical and hard on us (was like 4 students in the class). But I really appreciate it because it left me with the skills that I feel confident I could write an academic paper. And I never felt comfortable with academia, and I don’t like the whole “white paper” engineering style thats popular now.

      Since I’m planning on breaking up shehackedyou.com I plan on offering this to other people and allow them to submit their articles and maybe create a grey-literature journal, only epubs but if it comes together it is a plan I have had for a while.

      • stevedidWHAT
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        110 months ago

        Interesting! Thanks for sharing 😊