First Monday February 2026

Readers:

First Monday has just published the February 2026 (volume 31, number 2) iss=
ue at firstmonday [dot] org.

First Monday
Volume 31, Number 2 - 2 February 2026

De-anthropomorphizing "AI": From wishful mnemonics to accurate nomenclature
by Nanna Inie, Peter Zukerman, and Emily M. Bender

Large language models in daily life: Users' perceptions of beneficial assis=
tance and undue reliance
by Maria Nylund, Marita Skjuve, Anna Grondahl Larsen, Asbjorn Folstad, Silj=
e Bechmann Granas, and Ophelia Prillard

From Internet to offnets: Exploring the hidden process of off-netisation
by Clement Perarnaud

Malice as modernization: Twenty-first century eugenics, AI, Project 2025, a=
nd disability
by Alyssa Ryan, Elizabeth A. Pineo, Paul T. Jaeger, and Stephanie J. Cork

A view from the fringes: Exploring alternative modes of value creation on t=
he fringe platform Gab
by Sofie de Wilde de Ligny and Tim de Winkel

TikTok ban: Implications for the Hallyu Wave in northeast India
by Ashonshok Kachui

With the February issue, First Monday has published 2,454 papers in 357 iss=
ues, written by 3,661 different authors over the past 29 years.

Thanks for your continuing interest in our work,

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