Mastodawn

Tom Dee Nov 8, 2022

I just asked my communications and IT colleagues at #Stanford to consider hosting a #Mastodon server for our University community (as MIT has already done: mastodon.mit.edu).

Such institutional sponsorships (e.g., higher ed, academic associations, etc.) seem like a compelling & sustainable equilibrium for the #TwitterMigration. I also think organizations that do so would benefit in several ways without meaningful new risks.
#OpenSource #fediverse #Twitter #EconTwitter #Economics

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Romeo Valentin Nov 10, 2022

@tdee Thanks, that's great! I too think that this is the next step forward in supporting a healthy federated environment, especially for academics!
Do you think university servers should host only university affiliates, or be open to everyone?
Hosting only university affiliates would probably make moderation a lot easier, since a student's/other person's real identity is tied to their fedi account.

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Tom Dee

@romeo I suspect it will make sense for university instances to host only community members. The "local" feed can be like a Slack channel while there's still connection to the world through one's Home and Federated feeds.

I've learned that MIT's instance is moderated by students. If there's to be a mastodon.stanford.edu, I suspect it will have to start initially with motivated & capable students and faculty.