I think for me to abandon Twitter entirely, I'd need more official media orgs (e..g Sky, BBC, CNN) on here, more journalists because I get a lot of my news from Twitter (esp breaking news).
Also more official bodies (e.g. UKHSA, ONS) so I can see when new official research & stats are released on e.g. Covid, the economy, etc.
And finally academic journals (e.g. BMJ, Lancet, NEJM) who I rely on for latest health research!
Will they come?
I saw a very long journa spreadsheet earlier
Now, can I find it, that's the question
@CarrieSDickson @chrischirp @graeme_0 Over 320 #journalists on #Mastodon in 2 days and I know this list I'm helping with is very partial.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit?usp=sharing
@Girasoles_Lady @CarrieSDickson @chrischirp @graeme_0
Currently the list already has more than 600 journalists!
This list of #journalists on Mastodon has absolutely taken on a life of its own. š„ It's now grown to over 540 journalists and shows no signs of stopping. I do quality control and check it every day to clean up. Journalitsts on Mastodon Form to Sign Up: https://forms.gle/dw5gzkA11uxXiGTy5 Current full list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit?resourcekey=undefined#gid=1320898902
@chrischirp I think we'll see a steady trickling in over the next couple months. News agencies don't move that quickly, and until just recently Mastodon was tiny. I'm already seeing individual journalists that I recognized coming over, but I expect official agencies will take longer.
There's also BTW bots that mirror Twitter content. I've not tried setting one up, but I imagine you could set one up for any account.
@danhon has some good arguments to take this approach here (along with a few cautions):
@kincaid @chrischirp I'm guessing you've seen that the German govt has already set up an instance?
So the German government has set up its own #mastodon #instance, simplifying validationāofficial accounts are on the server. Super interesting and curious if/who else will follow suit. https://social.bund.de/explore
I see some USA journals are on ere (eg NYT and CNN ā¦and expect that to increase as they realise 1/ the audience is getting so much larger and 2/ there are specialised subgroups, including scientists. Perhaps worth flagging this up to the UKHSA and the scientific journals?
@chrischirp Yeah, I feel like I won't fully leave Twitter for a while.
I probably won't post there much anymore, but I still gotta go there for my news.
@chrischirp Yes! I feel the same way. I've been asking the media and org entities I most enjoy to make themselves an account on Mastodon. I really do hope they start showing up.
One thing I'm gonna start doing is posting their content here. If we post it, perhaps they will come.
I donāt think it will happen quickly (unless twitter actually fails, which is unlikely quickly, if at all). Of course some will come, but the bulk will come when they are either āmissing outā or being āignored" by those who they care about.
Some of us can come āall inā, here, now, but some canāt, and thatās ok. The question for those of you who need to keep a foot in both camps, is "which camp will be more comfortable for the bulk for your time?"
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