Through the #Wikidata query for nonprofit organizations with Mastodon accounts (https://w.wiki/69Sr) I learned that #OpenAccess nonprofit @scipost has a carefully set up dedicated presence here, with multiple handles for posting open-access #science papers in those fields. Neat, hope it picks up steam!
- Physics: @physics
- Astronomy: @astro
- Biology: @biology
- Chemistry: @chemistry
- Computer Science: @compsci
- Mathematics: @math
- Political Science: @polsci
Also looks like someone at the UK's Royal Astronomical Society set up a Mastodon account and is crafting custom posts for it, but it only has ~300 followers compared with their >50K on Twitter:
I see this all too often -- major public/nonprofit organizations set up shop here, but don't know how to best cross-link/promote it, so the accounts get kind of lost. If you care about #astronomy & like their work, give them a boost or follow :)
the problem is that almost no body, on a statistical scale, cares about what is happening on twitter
the socalled great migration is only a tiny% of twitter users
Let's talk statistics:
- The post pointing to that account currently has 766 boosts and is still going strong.
- Since then, their account has gone from about 350 followers to 2.7K, from 0.66% to >5% of their nominal Twitter audience.
- Many orgs maintaining a steady presence here have reported far higher levels of engagement than they've ever seen on Twitter.
Twitter numbers are casino numbers. Authentic interactions are hampered by bots, outrage-boosting algorithms, and ads.
Erik Moeller
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