JoannaSternNov 9, 2022

I have given one man immense power over my social media life:

@ruud

Nope, not the wealthiest man in the world! But Ruud Schilders is doing a wealth of good running mastodon.world with good equipment and policies.

I hope my WSJ Mastodon guide helps people understand this community and the role trust + information plays in picking a server.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-have-44-billion-for-your-own-social-media-network-try-mastodon-11668002451?st=rf6shbsb89ki10i&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Can You Leave Twitter and Still Get Twitter? Try Mastodon.

As Elon Musk takes over Twitter, many are checking out this alternative. It could be the future of social media—if you can figure it out.

The Wall Street Journal
Show threadHishamNov 11, 2022
@joannastern My hope is that over time people and _institutions_ will start treating instances more and more like email. We already have the MIT Mastodon server (mastodon.mit.edu), and the one from the European Commission (social.network.europa.eu). That deals with a lot of the trust issues.
Show threadmikael
@hisham_hm Also: https://social.bund.de/
social.bund.de

Dies ist der Mastodon-Server der Bundesbeauftragten für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI).

Mastodon hosted on social.bund.de
Nov 11, 2022 at 10:23pmWeb