FLOSS meets Social Science Research (and lived to tell the tale)
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A user's account of using FLOSS tools to do open social-science research on the Twitter follow graph of FOSDEM and CHAOSScon participants, naming Twarc for data collection, Gephi for network visualization, and Framagit for collaborative code/data/text management. It explains concrete challenges encountered when enabling social scientists with minimal technical background to adopt open workflows—specifically training, documentation, and collaboration—and reflects on implications for designing FLOSS tools for interdisciplinary research.
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