This research examines the role of the user in shaping and defining participatory platforms during the early years of the internet and the web. The focus of the study is Luxusbuerg, a Luxembourgish chat network created in 1996 as a channel on the Undernet International Relay Chat (IRC). The channel's success led its owners to develop a dedicated Luxembourg server in 1999, a web chat platform with channels tailored to users' interests. The chapter analyzes how intrinsic IRC elements shaped Luxusbuerg's evolution and user behavior, with a particular focus on the growing prevalence of flirting interactions. Finally, it includes an analysis of the #flirt and #queer channels, in order to ascertain their structural dynamics and user interactions over time.
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg - ORCID: 0000-0001-5275-3694
Titolo del capitolo
Flirting and the web: The case study of Luxusbuerg
Autori
Carmen Noguera
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0413-2.16
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Anno di pubblicazione
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Exploring the Archived Web during a Highly Transformative Age
Sottotitolo del libro
Proceedings of the 5th international RESAW conference, Marseille, June 2023
Curatori
Sophie Gebeil, Jean-Christophe Peyssard
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Numero di pagine
362
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0413-2
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0412-5
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0413-2
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0414-9
Collana
Proceedings e report
ISSN della collana
2704-601X
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5846