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August 17, 2025New Media & SocietyOpen Access

Eventful migration: Rethinking social media migration with help from Elon Musk’s sink

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The study reveals that social media migration is influenced by a range of factors tied to power and agency, not just user preferences.
It highlights five key elements of social media migration: X factor, critical voice, platform consciousness, observable migration, and terrain transformation.
Analysis includes user surveys and accounts, showing the importance of community responses in migration decisions.
This approach may reshape how we understand the implications of digital movement in cultural contexts.

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This article analyzes social media migration in relation to power dynamics and digital cultures during the Twitter to Mastodon shift.

Tkacz et al. (2025) studied this question.

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