Anirvan ChatterjeeFeb 14, 2023

I love Mastodon, but I miss my POC activist, #Desi, and #AsianAmerican communities back on Instagram and Twitter.

Like back on IG and Twitter, folks I know are talking about #NoToSB147, opposing the proposed Texas law that would prohibit immigrants from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia from owning property.

I’m just not seeing that on here, and it’s unfortunate.

In the meantime, here’s more:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoToSB147
https://www.instagram.com/p/Coh3fyUrAyF/

Show threadAnil DashFeb 14, 2023
@anirvan would love to team up with you on outreach to bring our communities over, in addition to amplifying messages on all these platforms.
Show threadAnirvan Chatterjee
@anildash Have you come across good examples/models of how to help move communities over? Totally up for a call sometime
Feb 14, 2023 at 6:08amToot!
Show threadbumblefudgeFeb 14, 2023
@anirvan @anildash Part of the problem is UX and part of the problem is virality. Much of online activism surfs recommendation engines to get information and CTAs in front of "undecided voters"/unactivated potential organizers/etc. There is no recommendation engine to surf in today's fediverse so an apples-to-apples activism might not be possible for some time. Some of the orangey features are great, tho! This was a major topic of discussion at decentsocial.net this weekend, notes forthcoming
Show threadSpicewallaFeb 15, 2023

@by_caballero @anirvan @anildash

Yes, masto needs an "algorithm" (or really, algorithms) that are designed to serve people rather than serve advertisers.

Coming from a family of librarians, its been obvious to me for decades that effective curation is power and that the power needs to be in the hands of the people.