Studies, research papers, and informal polls that explore the fediverse. https://fediverseexplorations.org/ Stefan Bohacek stefan@stefanbohacek.com June 18, 2024 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/lisa-melton-the-fediverses-own-algorithm/ What it takes to power fediverse's curation system. June 16, 2024 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-domain-blocks/ Exploring fediverse domain blocks, an important tool that keeps the fediverse safe. June 6, 2024 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/most-popular-fediverse-posts-june-6-2024-edition/ Searching for popular posts on federated social media. June 5, 2024 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-activity-report-1/ Is the activity in the fediverse slowing down? Maybe a little! May 14, 2024 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/impact-of-fediverse-clients-on-the-use-of-alt-text/ Analyzing the ways fediverse apps handle image descriptions. May 10, 2024 https://stefanhayden.com/blog/2024/05/10/mastodon-federation-speed-test/ How long does it take a fediverse post to reach its audience? May 8, 2024 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/data-on-sending-a-post-into-the-fediverse/ How long does it take a fediverse post to reach its audience? May 8, 2024 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/the-ways-we-keep-the-fediverse-sustainable/ Go buy some stickers and plushies! May 6, 2024 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/how-many-fediverse-servers-know-about-my-server/ How federated is my fediverse server? April 4, 2024 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/analyzing-fediverse-followers/ A look at 6,000+ people following my 40+ creative bots. October 26, 2023 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/alttexthealthcheck-image-accessibility-report-1/ Looking at a growing trend of images being posted without a description. October 12, 2023 https://www.deweysquare.com/digital/twitter-migration-report/ The #TwitterMigration continues as users, developers, and technologies are migrating away from increasing chaos and toxicity on Twitter and toward newer, and more open, platforms. September 26, 2023 https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/09/how-far-did-my-post-go-on-the-fediverse/ I wrote a moderately popular post on Mastodon. Lots of people shared it. May 23, 2023 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/analyzing-the-registration-date-of-7925-fediverse-domains/ It's a good time to be a domain registrar. May 22, 2023 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/exploring-your-fediverse-connections/ Learning about fediverse servers I'm connected to. May 16, 2023 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4421665 What are migration patterns, how different platforms impact user behaviors, and how migrated users settle in the migration process. May 16, 2023 https://fedidevs.com/developers-on-mastodon/ Which Mastodon instances have the most software developer accounts. May 2, 2023 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4421665 Questions about Mastodon's liability and immunity at various levels. March 2, 2023 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/a-netizens-guide-to-mastodon-fediverse/ Learning about the fediverse from the people who use it. December 22, 2022 https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/exploring-the-bots-people-make-and-follow-in-the-fediverse/ A follow-up to my article on the most popular Twitter bots.