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Mastodon over Mammon: towards publicly owned scholarly knowledge
Björn Brembs1, Adrian Lenardic2, Peter Murray-Rust3
1Institut für Zoologie - Neurogenetik, University of Regensburg, Regensburg 93040, Germany.
Royal Society Open Science
|November 30, 2023
Summary
Scholarly organizations can support the migration from Twitter to Mastodon by hosting instances. This fosters a decentralized, public square for scholarly discourse, safeguarding knowledge from corporate control.
Area of Science:
- Scholarly communication
- Digital humanities
- Information science
Background:
- The scholarly community is migrating from Twitter due to platform instability.
- Decentralized alternatives like Mastodon offer a potential solution.
- Historical precedents exist for scholarly communities seeking alternatives to corporate-controlled platforms.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the opportunity for scholarly organizations to support the shift to Mastodon.
- To advocate for hosting Mastodon instances by learned societies.
- To encourage the creation of a decentralized public square for scholarly discourse.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of historical scholarly migration patterns.
- Conceptual comparison of decentralized platforms and traditional journals.
- Argument for institutional support of Mastodon instances.
Main Results:
- Decentralized solutions for scholarly discourse are available and gaining institutional traction.
- Scholarly organizations have a critical opportunity to lead the migration to Mastodon.
- Hosting Mastodon instances can create a resilient public square for knowledge sharing.
Conclusions:
- Learned societies should embrace hosting Mastodon instances to support the scholarly community.
- This initiative can safeguard public scholarly knowledge from private corporate interests.
- A decentralized approach can renew confidence in public scholarly discourse and inspire analogous solutions for data and code.
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