[Air-L] Migration to Mastodon

[Sarah Ann Oates]

This app to help migrate from Twitter to Mastodon was recommended by a
colleague today; I have yet to try it but looks promising:

https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/

Sarah


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On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 10:22 AM Steph Kent via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Following the Twitter|Mastodon threads with critical interest. I appreciate
> the invitation from Michael Ruigrok to  members of this group to bring your
> sophisticated knowledge and experience to the improvement of federated,
> communal social networks. I'm always interested in access, thinking about
> outlier groups such as the Deaf, for whom text is frequently not a
> sufficient accommodation (despite the convenience of this belief for
> h/Hearing people). *That said, Deaf academics on Twitter are formidable!
>
> I'm glad of the resources from Meryl, Joly and Fred Fuchs too, as I'm at
> the edge of my learning curve learning how to navigate Mastodon.
>
> Wanted to share this political, antiracist perspective from Tim Wise, who
> argues that it's mainly white liberals who are concerned with 'fleeing' the
> new Twitter
> <
> https://timjwise.medium.com/fleeing-twitter-the-twexodus-is-about-white-liberal-fragility-3631cb2ac317
> >,
> suggesting this is evidence of the pervasiveness of white fragility -- even
> among progressives.
>
> best regards,
> steph
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 1:30 AM Fred Fuchs via Air-L <
> air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Here's a TechRadar article on Mastodon.
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.techradar.com/news/mastodon-is-a-great-twitter-alternative-but-it-needs-to-be-easier-to-sign-up
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > --
> >
> > Fred Fuchs - Founder, CEO, & Producer
> > FireSabre Consulting LLC
> >
> > ---
> >
> > On 11/7/2022 8:26 AM, Fred Fuchs wrote:
> > > On 11/7/2022 6:51 AM, Richard Forno via Air-L wrote:
> > >> I have a hard time *relying* on a communications platform
> > >> run by a company now fully engaged in the proverbial
> > >> "move fast, break things" mentality based on whatever
> > >> singular whims or rage cycle its owner is in at the time
> > >> a decision is made.   To wit:  They are now asking people
> > >> just fired to come back, b/c nobody knew they were
> > >> integral to the features Musk wanted to develop.  (Were
> > >> it me, I'd say sure, but double my salary.)
> > >
> > > Sadly this is not uncommon during "regime changes" at
> > > Internet tech companies. The new leadership fires far more
> > > people than they should've, and then often has to hire
> > > some or even many back at a significant salary increase.
> > >
> > > On top of that, some of those with good employment
> > > prospects may decide to seek better opportunities. So
> > > their possibly irreplaceable tech and business practices
> > > knowledge is lost forever.
> > >
> > > Fred
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > On 11/7/2022 6:51 AM, Richard Forno via Air-L wrote:
> > >>
> > >> It's not Musk's views per se that's driven me from
> > >> Twitter, but that's a major reason, sure.
> > >>
> > >> I have a hard time *relying* on a communications platform
> > >> run by a company now fully engaged in the proverbial
> > >> "move fast, break things" mentality based on whatever
> > >> singular whims or rage cycle its owner is in at the time
> > >> a decision is made.   To wit:  They are now asking people
> > >> just fired to come back, b/c nobody knew they were
> > >> integral to the features Musk wanted to develop. (Were it
> > >> me, I'd say sure, but double my salary.)   He's also
> > >> reversed other polices and views that he preached -- he
> > >> was against permabans until Kathy Gifford parodied him
> > >> over the weekend, so she's banned.  He's also said other
> > >> people not 'clearly identifying' as parody accounts would
> > >> be perma-banned. That's a far cry from his views about
> > >> how the company handled other perma-bans in recent
> > >> years.  The entire company -- and platform -- now feels
> > >> rather unstable in many ways, and I feel sorry for the
> > >> many serfs still there who will endure such chaos ....
> > >> and it's only been a week!
> > >>
> > >> Heck, if I wanted to interact on a platform conducting a
> > >> perpetual beta test[1], I'd use something from Google.
> > >>
> > >> -- rick
> > >>
> > >> [1] either technical or managerial
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
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