Dan GillmorTwitter suspension of the DC transit system account may well have been an unintended goof, or a software issue, but it's one more reason to stress how important it is for public agencies not to rely on the Musk-controlled, highly centralized system. What I said about why journalists should migrate off the birdsite goes for everyone else who wants to control their online destinies: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/04/journalists-and-others-should-leave-twitter-heres-how-they-can-get-started/
Claire Barnes@dangillmor Medical and public-health twitter has been invaluable during #COVID & given all the misinformation & disinformation it is surely the sector that most needs a sound interference-free platform. It's therefore disappointing how many of the key scientists appeared only briefly here & continue to focus on the dangerous birdsite. Could IT-savvy medics, #pandemic-savvy techies, & relevant institutions, all please support development to meet #MedSci needs on the #Fediverse ?
The Spoonless Kitchen@ClaireFromClare @dangillmor med-mastodon is a troll-free haven of good COVID info, if you're looking for users/a good server to follow, and the users are verified by the admin.
@thespoonless Thank you for the recommendation. I'm grateful to those who relay good #Covid info here; my point was that most top medical / scientific / #PublicHealth professionals who provide cutting-edge #pandemic discussion have briefly tried #Mastodon & then stayed on birdsite. I'm hoping that #ITdevelopers are analysing the needs of this important group & working to find solutions on the #Fediverse ... ?
#TwitterMigration #FediDev #MastoDev #Mozilla
@EU_Health @dangillmor @mackayim2022
Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)@ClaireFromClare @thespoonless @dangillmor @EU_Health For my part, I simply don't want to go back to the start. I don't have time to learn too many new social media things and I don't really want to do all the same work all over again. I'm not here to learn about the tool, I'm here to just use it. 🤷
@mackayim2022 @ClaireFromClare @dangillmor @EU_Health It's really not that bad, though. I think a lot of the "But it's sooo haaard" posted on Twitter could also have been disinformation, designed to keep the avian droppings container's users trapped.
Dominique Julia@ClaireFromClare
My guess is that they have invested a lot of time, developed new, strong, international professional networks & a lot going on through DMs on birdsite. Plus, if public messaging for large public, clearly not here yet.
@thespoonless @dangillmor @mackayim2022
My guess is that they have invested a lot of time, developed new, strong, international professional networks & a lot going on through DMs on birdsite. Plus, if public messaging for large public, clearly not here yet.
@thespoonless @dangillmor @mackayim2022
@Smokescreen @ClaireFromClare @dangillmor @mackayim2022 This is why I wish the Canadian federal government would follow the EU example, and start their own instance. That's definitely way too much to ask for, though.
@ClaireFromClare @dangillmor @mackayim2022 @EU_Health Yes, I agree, but unfortunately, as long as the government agencies/universities those professionals work for, refuse to leave Twitter, they will never make the switch; they literally can't!
And so their replies are filled with vicious toxicity, and disinformation, and they're...boiled frogs, basically.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog
I'm happy to have found/curated the good scicomm list I have. Use it in good health!
