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 ?
@dangillmor Initial ease-of-use is definitely an issue...
https://med-mastodon.com/@kmpanthagani/109383499358719122
Many scientists have set up backup accounts here but have not become active, learned how to navigate the many quirks of #Mastodon, or found an adequate community of professional peers.
There's a huge #PublicInterest in #OpenSource #OpenAccess #SocialMedia #DigitalInfrastructure for #PublicHealth #SciCom ... who is working on #Fediverse solutions, as alternative to biassed sites & walled gardens?
https://med-mastodon.com/@kmpanthagani/109383499358719122
Many scientists have set up backup accounts here but have not become active, learned how to navigate the many quirks of #Mastodon, or found an adequate community of professional peers.
There's a huge #PublicInterest in #OpenSource #OpenAccess #SocialMedia #DigitalInfrastructure for #PublicHealth #SciCom ... who is working on #Fediverse solutions, as alternative to biassed sites & walled gardens?
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD (@[email protected])
This site has to make it easier to follow people from different servers. Going and copy and pasting their url into your own server is a little ridiculous. Unless I'm missing something as a mastodon newbie?
Mark Saltveit@ClaireFromClare @dangillmor To my eye, ease of use is fine. It's the culture that's hard to get used to, and the fact that you have to be more active to find what you want, since the algorithm isn't spoon-feeding you.
For example, I like jokey accounts and missed the good gags on Twitter -- until I saw one good gagster, followed them, scrolled through their timeline and found another half-dozen good follows, and now I'm set.