matt rafalow
@mrafalow.bsky.social
sociologist @ youtube and usc. edtech, platformed creation, and youth culture 💻🎥📺
mattrafalow.org / matt.rafalow at gee-✉️
mattrafalow.org / matt.rafalow at gee-✉️
great dialogue piece between great columnists www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/o...
Opinion | Three Columnists Wrestle With the Lionizing of Luigi Mangione
What other kind of company inspires this sort of hatred?
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:31 PM
great dialogue piece between great columnists www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/o...
best feeling when non-academic colleagues just randomly bring up a colleague's work and how it is making them think in new ways – @jessicacalarco.bsky.social's Holding it Together audiobook!! congrats again www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Holding It Together by Jessica Calarco: 9780593538128 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:46 AM
best feeling when non-academic colleagues just randomly bring up a colleague's work and how it is making them think in new ways – @jessicacalarco.bsky.social's Holding it Together audiobook!! congrats again www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
warning to anyone who uses the @blueark.app import from X to blueksy — takes way longer than stated and appears in feed as if uploads from years ago are happening at the moment of upload 🤦🏻♂️ maybe i should have just started fresh…
November 29, 2024 at 7:02 PM
warning to anyone who uses the @blueark.app import from X to blueksy — takes way longer than stated and appears in feed as if uploads from years ago are happening at the moment of upload 🤦🏻♂️ maybe i should have just started fresh…
heads up, over the next few days @blueark.app is uploading my tweet history from x to here. apparently the ux isn’t making it look like it’s archived. sorry in advance! should be done in a day
November 25, 2024 at 8:54 PM
heads up, over the next few days @blueark.app is uploading my tweet history from x to here. apparently the ux isn’t making it look like it’s archived. sorry in advance! should be done in a day
just deleted #facebook, #tiktok, and #x/#twittter and have never felt better. glad i have bluesky left to shout this from the rooftops.
November 25, 2024 at 4:43 PM
just deleted #facebook, #tiktok, and #x/#twittter and have never felt better. glad i have bluesky left to shout this from the rooftops.
just used @blueark.app to copy over my tweets so I can delete that musky 🚮 app forever.
November 24, 2024 at 2:18 AM
just used @blueark.app to copy over my tweets so I can delete that musky 🚮 app forever.
November 23, 2024 at 11:16 PM
day 5 of posting maxine, and her preference to sleep under beds rather than in them, instead of sharing an Important Thread on My Research 🧵🪡👇🏻
November 22, 2024 at 8:44 PM
day 5 of posting maxine, and her preference to sleep under beds rather than in them, instead of sharing an Important Thread on My Research 🧵🪡👇🏻
day 4 of posting maxine instead of digital sociological gibberish
November 21, 2024 at 6:42 PM
day 4 of posting maxine instead of digital sociological gibberish
day 3 of posting maxine instead of bourdieuian nonsense
November 21, 2024 at 4:26 AM
day 3 of posting maxine instead of bourdieuian nonsense
ok this is cool
6. Custom feeds on Bluesky are the first implementation of algorithmic choice. Instead of using a single black-box For You algorithm, you can create and subscribe to your own.
Now, there are over 50k+ custom feeds on the network! Check them out:
bsky.app/feeds
Now, there are over 50k+ custom feeds on the network! Check them out:
bsky.app/feeds
November 20, 2024 at 5:43 AM
ok this is cool
k i’m gonna keep this a dog account until i decide i like this place. here’s maxine judging me in a white sweater.
November 20, 2024 at 5:41 AM
k i’m gonna keep this a dog account until i decide i like this place. here’s maxine judging me in a white sweater.
ok starter packs? academics: where’s education technology and/or platformed creation plz? 🫶🏻❤️
November 18, 2024 at 3:27 AM
ok starter packs? academics: where’s education technology and/or platformed creation plz? 🫶🏻❤️
so what kind of social space do we want here?
do we want old twitter again, with clout and profit to the loudest and most followed?
do we want to repeat glorifying inflammatory takes that divide?
what else could this be?
do we want old twitter again, with clout and profit to the loudest and most followed?
do we want to repeat glorifying inflammatory takes that divide?
what else could this be?
November 17, 2024 at 10:45 PM
so what kind of social space do we want here?
do we want old twitter again, with clout and profit to the loudest and most followed?
do we want to repeat glorifying inflammatory takes that divide?
what else could this be?
do we want old twitter again, with clout and profit to the loudest and most followed?
do we want to repeat glorifying inflammatory takes that divide?
what else could this be?
hi butterfly folks this is my dog max
November 17, 2024 at 10:26 PM
hi butterfly folks this is my dog max
testing the sky follower bridge chrome plugin (ty @lilchen.bsky.social!) to port over my fam. though, honestly, starting small here sounds kinda nice, too.
November 17, 2024 at 9:25 PM
testing the sky follower bridge chrome plugin (ty @lilchen.bsky.social!) to port over my fam. though, honestly, starting small here sounds kinda nice, too.
fine. let’s trust another company with the task of enabling democratic forms of interaction online.
November 17, 2024 at 2:43 PM
fine. let’s trust another company with the task of enabling democratic forms of interaction online.
I got married to the love of my life last month! These are some of my favorites from the special day. 🌺🌺🌺
November 24, 2024 at 1:53 AM
I got married to the love of my life last month! These are some of my favorites from the special day. 🌺🌺🌺
i just created internal emotes at work for :verydemure: and :notdemure: and feel so proud but fear no one will get it or understand
November 24, 2024 at 1:53 AM
i just created internal emotes at work for :verydemure: and :notdemure: and feel so proud but fear no one will get it or understand
i've really been leaning into ai tools to analyze my own writing-in-progress and tell me how to reconsider my overall writing strategy. like, 'say back to me what i'm saying here as an outline' – really helpful and cool
November 24, 2024 at 1:53 AM
i've really been leaning into ai tools to analyze my own writing-in-progress and tell me how to reconsider my overall writing strategy. like, 'say back to me what i'm saying here as an outline' – really helpful and cool
someone, presumably a sociologist, just walked by my seat on the plane while boarding and said:
“matt right? Digital Divisions is SO GOOD!”
i swear that felt better than any panel presentation 😂😂🥰
“matt right? Digital Divisions is SO GOOD!”
i swear that felt better than any panel presentation 😂😂🥰
November 24, 2024 at 1:53 AM
someone, presumably a sociologist, just walked by my seat on the plane while boarding and said:
“matt right? Digital Divisions is SO GOOD!”
i swear that felt better than any panel presentation 😂😂🥰
“matt right? Digital Divisions is SO GOOD!”
i swear that felt better than any panel presentation 😂😂🥰
hey #asa2024 fam! giving a talk today on my YouTube work at 2pm. really fun spread of topics. come on by if you’re curious about cultural production and audiences! 🎥✨
November 24, 2024 at 2:01 AM
hey #asa2024 fam! giving a talk today on my YouTube work at 2pm. really fun spread of topics. come on by if you’re curious about cultural production and audiences! 🎥✨
hey #asa2024, if you’re looking for a quick and delicious lunch there’s an awesome little strip of chinese food shops and other small businesses seconds from the convention center — so so good
November 24, 2024 at 2:01 AM
hey #asa2024, if you’re looking for a quick and delicious lunch there’s an awesome little strip of chinese food shops and other small businesses seconds from the convention center — so so good