Mike Galsworthy 🦣

Could I ask you all - yet again - to follow the accounts of the #Bylines network?

It's a network of 9 (soon 10) local citizen journalism publications all about local democracy, community and progressive values.

See the website here: https://bylinesnetwork.co.uk/

And here are their accounts -- all now on Mastodon, and being moved onto our own server...

@BylinesScotland
@NWBylines
@NEBylines
@YorksBylines
@centralbylines
@WEBylines
@BylinesEast
@BylinesCymru
@SussexBylines
@KentBylines

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Welcome to the Bylines Network

We are built on citizen journalism, nurturing democracy by giving a voice to local people and holding our elected representatives to account.

Bylines Network
Dec 12, 2022 at 10:31pmWeb
Show threadWill Voitus van HammeDec 12, 2022
@mikegalsworthy
Nothing in the South, South West?
Show threadMike Galsworthy 🦣Dec 12, 2022

@WillVoitus

We used to have West Country Bylines... but they then wanted to do their own thing -- so we let them spin out as West Country Voices in 2021... and have chosen not to cramp their style since!

See this map...

Show threadWill Voitus van HammeDec 12, 2022
@mikegalsworthy Thank you. I think we need a South West Bylines.....
Show threadmellenowethDec 12, 2022
@WillVoitus @mikegalsworthy undoubtedly
Show threadWill Voitus van HammeDec 12, 2022
@mellenoweth @mikegalsworthy
I would be very happy to get actively involved.
Show threadRussell England 💉💙🇪🇺🧳🌻Dec 13, 2022

@WillVoitus @mikegalsworthy

West Country Voices are on Mastodon here :

@WCountryVoices

Show threadCes't La VieDec 12, 2022
@mikegalsworthy @BylinesScotland @NWBylines @NEBylines @YorksBylines @centralbylines @WEBylines @BylinesEast @BylinesCymru @sussexbylines @KentBylines
Show threadMarion LoweDec 12, 2022

@mikegalsworthy @BylinesScotland @NWBylines @NEBylines @YorksBylines @centralbylines @WEBylines @BylinesEast @BylinesCymru @sussexbylines @KentBylines

Followed all except @[email protected] which is 'not allowed' for some reason

Show threadrichardsimmonsDec 13, 2022
@mikegalsworthy
Just looked at the website - I see Facebook and Twitter links, plus Reddit, email WhatsApp. Why no mention of Mastodon?
Show threadSnapheadDec 13, 2022
@mikegalsworthy kind of surprised there isnt a London bylines
Show threadWndlBDec 13, 2022
@mikegalsworthy @BylinesScotland @NWBylines @NEBylines @YorksBylines @centralbylines @WEBylines @BylinesEast @BylinesCymru @sussexbylines @KentBylines I’m waiting for the crime reports in @MidsomerBylines… 😁
Show threadLadyFluffyOrcaDec 13, 2022
@mikegalsworthy @YorksBylines @WEBylines @BylinesCymru @centralbylines @BylinesEast @NEBylines @BylinesScotland @KentBylines @SussexBylines @NWBylines I’m following all of them except @centralbylines who I can’t seem to follow when I click on follow nothing happens🤔
Show threadLadyFluffyOrcaDec 13, 2022
@YorksBylines @NEBylines @mikegalsworthy @centralbylines @NWBylines @BylinesScotland @WEBylines @BylinesEast @BylinesCymru @KentBylines @SussexBylines
I switched from Metatext to the Mastodon app and I now follow central bylines so I have a full house now!
Show threadAnarchic TeapotDec 13, 2022
@mikegalsworthy @BylinesScotland @NWBylines @NEBylines @YorksBylines @centralbylines @WEBylines @BylinesEast @BylinesCymru @KentBylines @SussexBylines
Er, Mike...
1. This is only of interest to UK residents.
2. Bylines Times has a transphobia problem. There are servers who may not be happy about this until it's resolved.
Show threadLeitmotif Productions Ltd 🎬🇪🇺Dec 13, 2022
@BylinesCymru @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @BylinesScotland @mikegalsworthy @[email protected] @centralbylines @[email protected] done…
Show threadIvorfDec 13, 2022

@mikegalsworthy @BylinesScotland @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @centralbylines @[email protected] @[email protected] @BylinesCymru @[email protected] @[email protected]

System is not allowing me to follow back [email protected]

Show threadTim GentDec 13, 2022
@mikegalsworthy @BylinesScotland @NWBylines @NEBylines @YorksBylines @centralbylines @WEBylines @BylinesEast @BylinesCymru @KentBylines @SussexBylines ok, but can you all stop just boosting each others posts? It makes finding actual content relevant to your area pretty impossible! #selfdefeating
Show threadMike Galsworthy 🦣Dec 13, 2022
@tgent_fens Fair point.
Show threadIsleofEverythingDec 13, 2022

@mikegalsworthy @centralbylines

For some reason I'm not able to follow central bylines. Action not allowed apparently. All the others worked fine.

Show threadMike Galsworthy 🦣Dec 13, 2022

@IsleofEverything @centralbylines

Hmm - try again tomorrow. Maybe because it's so newly migrated.

Show threadIsleofEverythingDec 13, 2022
@mikegalsworthy @centralbylines
Will give it a go!
Show threadH4Heights 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦Dec 14, 2022

Done. Thank you.

@mikegalsworthy @BylinesScotland @NWBylines @NEBylines @YorksBylines @centralbylines @WEBylines @BylinesEast @BylinesCymru @KentBylines @SussexBylines

Show threadPaul Oldham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💛 🇺🇦Dec 14, 2022
@mikegalsworthy @BylinesScotland @NWBylines @NEBylines @YorksBylines @centralbylines @WEBylines @BylinesEast @BylinesCymru @KentBylines @SussexBylines so long as you promise that they won't keep retooting each others post, like they did elsewhere...
Show threadtom parkinson #FBPE 🇪🇺Dec 16, 2022
@BylinesEast @centralbylines @YorksBylines @NWBylines @BylinesScotland @BylinesCymru @NEBylines @WEBylines @mikegalsworthy @KentBylines @SussexBylines all followed!