Digital Nomads: Why Online Communities Move & Platform Migration

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Explore why online communities migrate with insights from Casey Fiesler and Brianna Dym. Learn how transformative fandoms move across platforms like LiveJournal.

Digital Nomads: Why Online Communities Move & Platform Migration

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Provide a deep dive into the case studies presented in the paper 'Moving Across Lands: Online Platform Migration in Fandom Communities' by Casey Fiesler and Brianna Dym. Focus on the specific examples of communities packing up and relocating, the causes for these moves, and the outcomes observed in the research.

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