Jeff JarvisNov 22, 2022
The good news is that the NYTimes covers @journa.host. The bad news is that @josephbernstein gets it wrong: initial funding comes not from rich, old Columbia, but from my poor, dear Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and the Tow-Knight Center that I direct there. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/style/mastodon-twitter-adam-davidson.html
From Twitter to Mastodon: What Happens When Journalists Flock Platforms

Journa.host promises to be a new “reliable home for journalists.” What happens when they move in?

The New York Times
Show threadChristopher MastoNov 22, 2022

@jeffjarvis “Users pick a server — such as journa.host — and can interact with other users throughout Mastodon, with exceptions. If this all sounds complicated, that’s because it is”

If that’s the benchmark for complicated, I’m worried about our survival as a species. You mean I have to open the box, pour it into a bowl, AND add milk? I can’t handle this breakfast techno-gibberish!

Show threadVirtue signal 💉💉💉🇺🇸 🇺🇦Nov 22, 2022

@masto @jeffjarvis

That's basically what I've been saying this past week... Its a basic Internet literacy issue and these critics want to toss that all out in favor of "clicky on big icon in app store".

Show threadNik Nov 22, 2022

@tasket

I'd argue it's not internet literacy. I'm exceptionally internet educated, and I had no idea how to recommend a server for my wife. (I'm on one run by a podcaster I like that's populated by fellow nerds.)

Which server has the best community for my wife? Where will she find a place to discover voices about medicine, politics, and academica? Where will she most easily discover people like this to follow?

I still don't know how to evaluate this meaningfully.

@masto @jeffjarvis

Show threadAnother white guy on MastodonNov 22, 2022
@inik @tasket @masto @jeffjarvis I had a similar issue. My wife wanted to join but also didn’t want to go through (at the time and soon to be many more) 7,400 instances to find one that matches her interests and didn’t know where to even start looking. I see it as the classic command line UI issue people used to talk about with Linux. I too was lucky because I just joined the instance for the podcasts I listen too.
Show threadSarenNov 22, 2022
@Rendfest @inik @tasket @masto @jeffjarvis I see what you all are saying. I guess it depends what approach you take to finding your community on Mastodon. I did not look for a server that would be my community. I just looked for a general interest server based on location and language and one that had good rules and was not too big. To build community, I started by looking for the people I enjoyed following on Twitter.
Show threadMarisa Ponti
@saren @Rendfest @inik @tasket @masto @jeffjarvis I did the same. I found an instance that let me join, it is large but not too large, and from there I looked for people I can share interests with and also joined the STS list
Nov 22, 2022 at 2:38pmWeb
Show threadDebra AdamsNov 22, 2022
@tasket @OpenEd @inik @masto @Rendfest @jeffjarvis @saren Hi. What is the STS list?
Show threadMarisa PontiNov 22, 2022
@teco22222 @tasket @inik @masto @Rendfest @jeffjarvis @saren Science and Technology Studies list for researchers interested in this area - https://jwyg.github.io/mastodon-sts/
sts mastodon

A list of STS accounts in the Fediverse

Show threadDebra AdamsNov 22, 2022
@OpenEd Thank you so much Marisa. I have a BA degree in Science, Technology, & Society from long, long ago, so I'd love to follow your group. Much appreciated!