[Air-L] Migration to Mastodon

[Fred Fuchs]

I agree it's worth having alternatives to any single 
platform, including Twitter.

Assuming it's true that Musk will be too libertarian, it's 
unlikely he'd limit academic use of Twitter. But unlikely 
isn't the same as "no chance."

If Mastodon's user interface and other tools are acceptably 
good, it makes sense to set up another community, if only as 
a backup. Mastodon will have a smaller academic user base. 
That will limit users' reach in comparison to Twitter. These 
few items would seem the main potential limitations.

Fred

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Fred Fuchs - Founder, CEO, & Producer
FireSabre Consulting LLC



On 11/7/2022 2:06 AM, Andrew Lowenthal via Air-L wrote:
> Wonderful to see so many people (re)embracing open 
> source/non-corporate social media etc. Ultimately 
> alternatives that don't place us at the whim of one 
> oligarch or the other are the best solution.
>
> One question however - the thrust of the Musk criticism is 
> that he will be too libertarian. With that in mind, where 
> does the assumption come from that he will shut off access 
> to academic twitter? Has there been a statement? It would 
> seem to go against his anti-censorship ethos. Or is it 
> more that it would not be in his interest to serve an 
> overwhelmingly left-wing academia?
>
> Anything tangible as to known intentions of already 
> concluded Twitter actions would be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
>
> On 11/7/22 01:28, Paul Levinson via Air-L wrote:
>> Just followed ISOC on Mastodon -- thanks!
>>
>> -- PL
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 7:19 PM Joly MacFie 
>> <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Not that you don't see enough of them already, but ISOC 
>>> LIVE announces go
>>> out at @jolynyc at mastodon.social
>>>
>>> I'm interested to see if EM messes with Twitter live 
>>> (ex-Periscope) which
>>> I quite like.
>>>
>>> Joly
>>> -- 
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> Joly MacFie  +12185659365
>>> --------------------------------------
>>> -
>>>
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