Hi 👋 I'm trying to get my local #climate org to join mastodon. They sounded excited and want some resources to read about the advantages of mastodon so they can decide if it's a good fit. Please reply with some links I can send their way and also server recommendations are appreciated.

Please boost for reach! My account has very short arms

P.S. They are very focused on reaching people locally in #Sacramento

@cubeofcheese

@ClimateMigration is a curated feed selecting posts from among over 100 #climate and #ClimateScience experts. You can follow this account for a curated selection of topical posts. You can click on "Following" for the current list of accounts, plus download the .csv file and import to follow all these accounts.

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@cubeofcheese just click on those two hashtags you used and show them the results that come up. For me that shows some of the top reasons to use Mastodon.
@SiobhanVohn that's good advice thank you

@cubeofcheese

I'd say to them that they probably won't reach many people in Sacramento yet - but that starting a presence on Mastodon is an investment and it's best to start asap and start small rather than waiting for the perfect time.

Whatever energy you invest into Mastodon and however many people you link with is yours forever. Even if the server you choose disappears you can move to another one. With commercial social media it can all be taken away tomorrow.

@cubeofcheese So it's like starting a small kitchen garden of your own. You may not be able to feed yourself from it soon, but one day you may need it, as the other suppliers collapse or reject you, and then you'll be grateful you don't need to start from zero during a crisis.
@cubeofcheese sfba.social or climatejustice.social might be a good fit?
@nev I'll look at climate justice. social. Generally people don't consider Sacramento to be part of the bay area but that is the closest regional server at this point so idk. Thanks!
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