Look into Mastodon as a Twitter alternative

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"A GNU Social-compatible microblogging server https://mastodon.social" https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon

list of instances at https://instances.mastodon.xyz/

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Some commentaries in https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-it and https://hackernoon.com/welcome-to-mastodon-111d9227e56a

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Some more commentary in https://quimgil.org/2018/03/08/goodbye-twitter-for-starters/ .

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See also https://scicomm.xyz/@askopenscience

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Nice blog post by @egonw on the matter: http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2018/09/mastodon-somewhere-between-twitter-and.html .

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I now have a profile at https://mastodon.social/@evomri to test the waters. Keeping an eye on https://scholar.social/about as well.

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My first toot: https://mastodon.social/@EvoMRI/100698805693643538 .

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More on the choice of Mastodon instances: https://twitter.com/WikidataFacts/status/1045699851441377281

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Added my Mastodon account to Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q20895785&type=revision&diff=1626761785&oldid=1570945652 .

Hat tip to @egonw, as per https://twitter.com/egonwillighagen/status/1519193491712225280 .

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Good and brief overview of the recent developments around Mastodon: https://blog.opencollective.com/the-era-of-mastodon/

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These news include crowdfunding efforts, e.g. as per https://opencollective.com/ecoevosocial .

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Babysteps - more than five years into this ticket, I have had a first few mentions, favourites, boosts and followers.

[Daniel-Mietchen]

For a good overview of the fediverse, see https://fedidb.org/

A similar overview for Matrix servers is at https://servers.joinmatrix.org/

Seen here:

[Daniel-Mietchen]

Here is another overview of the fediverse.

[Daniel-Mietchen]

Some more posts with advice on how to get started with Mastodon or how to use it effectively:

• https://mastodon.social/@NikaShilobod@fediscience.org/111978073886199260
• https://mastodon.social/@ninokadic/111948291827118750
• https://mastodon.social/@pikarl@reporter.social/110259734943024180
• https://mastodon.social/@FediTips@social.growyourown.services/111913961775653023

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On using Mastodon as an RSS reader: https://rss-parrot.net/

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The BBC have documented some of their experimentation with Mastodon here.

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Here is a guideline on privacy aspects of Mastodon.

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Some overview of PeerTube and its interactions with the Fediverse, including Mastodon.

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A report on some community aspects of Mastodon.

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A write-up of initial Mastodon experiences by a unit of a public broadcaster.