First Monday March 2025

Readers:

First Monday has just published the March 2025 (volume 30, number 3) issue =
at firstmonday [dot] org.

First Monday
Volume 30, Number 3 - 3 March 2025

Online conversations between "real men": A reflexive thematic analysis of s=
igma male discourse on Twitter
by Alexandre Diallo, Phuong Hoan Le, Maxime Holzer, and Elizaveta Popova

Me, myself, and I: Self-presentation, self-esteem, and uses and gratificati=
ons on Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok
by Huu Dat Tran and Pham Phuong Uyen Diep

(Not) just monkeying around: Play, proliferation, and personae in meme coin=
 speculation
by Maximilian Brichta

Committed to play: Revisualizing young adults' video game uses and gratific=
ations during COVID-19
by Andrew Wilson and Shane Burrell

Online dating adoption: Differences between lesbian/gay, bisexual, and stra=
ight adults
by Manuel C.F. Pontes, Ania Izabela Rynarzewska, Kristine Johnson, and Nanc=
y M.H. Pontes

Three concepts for the metaverse: Between fading fashion and eternal style
by Tom Barbereau

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With the March issue, First Monday has published 2,386 papers in 346 issues=
, written by 3,552 different authors over the past 28 years.

Thanks for your continuing interest in our work,

Edward J. Valauskas
Chief Editor and Founder, First Monday=