Hi friends. You last heard from me (on this platform) a couple of months ago. Since then, there have been a fair number of exciting / daunting changes in my professional, research and personal lives (and I’ll tell you about them soon, I promise). Since then, there have also been a few changes around the Interwebs. The social network formerly known as Twitter is now the bird-less X, Meta has expanded its empire to include Threads, and the fediverse has undergone a new wave of growth. Whilst none of these developments have significantly altered my incessant habit of doomscrolling (yet), they have given me pause: as a Gen Z who found community in online fandoms as a teen, a policy nerd who cares a lot about democracy, and a writer and reader who really likes to know what other humans are thinking about.
on digital town squares
on digital town squares
on digital town squares
Hi friends. You last heard from me (on this platform) a couple of months ago. Since then, there have been a fair number of exciting / daunting changes in my professional, research and personal lives (and I’ll tell you about them soon, I promise). Since then, there have also been a few changes around the Interwebs. The social network formerly known as Twitter is now the bird-less X, Meta has expanded its empire to include Threads, and the fediverse has undergone a new wave of growth. Whilst none of these developments have significantly altered my incessant habit of doomscrolling (yet), they have given me pause: as a Gen Z who found community in online fandoms as a teen, a policy nerd who cares a lot about democracy, and a writer and reader who really likes to know what other humans are thinking about.