Post #1014253
2026-04-06 12:42 UTC
Replies (5)
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@simulo@hci.social 2026-04-06 12:49
Maybe using the methods from this paper https://wikiworkshop.org/2025/paper/wikiworkshop_2025_paper_33.pdf on translation imbalances between wikipedias.
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@ailurocrat@scicomm.xyz 2026-04-06 12:49
@simulo Do you analyze your real life friend circle like this?
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@julian@fietkau.social 2026-04-06 12:52
@simulo I just supervised a bachelor thesis on that topic, if you feel like giving it a skim: https://fietkau.science/teaching#bsc_szepielewicz Results seemed mostly inconclusive, might need cooperation with someone deeper in the quant world than me to refine.
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@Lightfighter@infosec.exchange 2026-04-06 13:00
@simulo What counts as "engagement"? A half dozen people in a flame war in the comments giving a high comment count? 10k people hitting the like button? Dozens of people trying to engage with the OP and other commenters on the topic posted? There is a huge difference in the qualities of these options. I'm sure reasonable people could disagree as to which kind of engagement matters most to them.
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@Spoofer3@infosec.exchange 2026-04-06 13:22
@simulo my impression is that most engagement across social media is bots, for either 1) getting the 10 leads from a million engagements monetization strategy, or 2) pushing propaganda from some viewpoint, and that for mastodon, its just not bot friendly in the same way, thankfully, maybe due to the moderation and structural choices. There is still a real problem for finding a funding mechanism for services like quality news that isn't ad or data harvesting based.