Let's do #JoinMastodonDay on 9th of March!

  • Before: spread the word! Get to know Mastodon, choose a server, export contacts from 'other platforms', ...
  • On the 9th: Mastodon users write & boost tutorials and tips, share #Introduction posts, advertise servers, send invite links, ... and the Newcomers Come!
  • After: keep helping newcomers and sharing intro posts.

What say you? 😃​ Please boost if you're in!

an idea of @noellemitchell
inspired by @alexwild 's #LeaveTwitterDay

@noellemitchell @alexwild
⤴️​ Why the 9th of March?

  • J O I N
    10 +15 +9 +14 = 12; 1+2 = 3, so March
  • M A S T O D O N
    13 +1 +19+ 20 +15 +4 +15 +14 =116; 1+1+6 = 8 so 8th of March... But 8th of March is International Women's day so: 9th of March!

Also: it will be a week before #LeaveTwitterDay (15th of March) which will should be enough time for people to put their affairs in order?

@elduvelle @noellemitchell @alexwild unless you live in the rest of the world, in which case 3/8/23 means the third of August 🤣
@peteralee yeah, but that’s too far in the future 😅​
@peteralee No reason why we couldn’t have an additional #JoinMastodonDay on that date though!
My dear @kordinglab, would you help us spread the word about #JoinMastodonDay on here? And possibly on Twitter as well if you would link there to this post? ⤴️​ 🙏​

@kordinglab If you could boost the first post (https://neuromatch.social/@elduvelle/109861042649284737) that would be great!

And on Twitter you could tweet the link to it: https://neuromatch.social/@elduvelle/109861042649284737

or make your own tweet if you want, as long as it has the #JoinMastodonDay hashtag and the date of 9th of March!

I’ll make a proper tweet later… you can always wait for that if you prefer.

Thank you so much!!!

El Duvelle (@[email protected])

Let's do #JoinMastodonDay on **9th of March**! - Before: spread the word! Get to know Mastodon, choose a server, export contacts from 'other platforms', ... - On the 9th: Mastodon users write & boost tutorials and tips, share #Introduction posts, advertise servers, send invite links, ... and the Newcomers Come! - After: keep helping newcomers and sharing intro posts. What say you? 😃​ Please boost if you're in! *an idea of @[email protected] inspired by @[email protected] 's #LeaveTwitterDay*

Neuromatch Social
@kordinglab I have tweeted a #JoinMastodonDay post there: https://twitter.com/ElDuvelle/status/1631431949150552064?s=20. If you wanted to retweet it, or make your own one, I would be eternally grateful. This place is nice and would be even nicer with more friends around!
El Duvelle 🌍🐀 on Twitter

“Friends, still here? I miss you! ❤️ Join us on #Mastodon, on #JoinMastodonDay, next week, the 9th of March! The occasion to: - choose a server (https://t.co/49EruF1IMz), or simply join ours, https://t.co/qR099pVxnz - create your account - fill your profile and say hi! Please RT😃”

Twitter

@elduvelle @kordinglab
It would also be the occasion to either organize a Mastodon "drive" (e.g. a drive to get people already on Mastodon to *only* post on Mastodon for, say, a week) or to seriously inquire into the reasons and try to brainstorm around why even accounts with a large Mastodon follower base still do the majority of their posting on Twitter. Or a drive *and* a brainstorm!

Cos the only thing I personally miss about Twitter... are the things that don't get posted + discussed here!

@WorldImagining @kordinglab I agree... I think the main factor is just habit, and also all the little details that twitter does to keep you hooked which do not happen on Mastodon... so it requires a conscious, deliberate effort to make the switch and they need a very good reason to do that.
@elduvelle @kordinglab If one doesn't succeed in creating a virtuous circle, a vicious one sets in :) The more I have to go to Twitter just to stay up to date on what's happening, the more likely I am to just start using Twitter again myself, and so on and so on. If we can speak in terms of social media FOMO, I feel like it has swung back in the "wrong" direction; there doesn't seem to be much FOMO regarding not using Mastodon. How about something like weekly neuromatch.social AMAs?
@hugospiers @noellemitchell @alexwild Thank you so much Hugo!! 😃​
It would be great to have more of the ‘old crowd’ here!!