Luke MartellAug 16, 2023
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, many citing Musk's policies. The most popular alternative for new social media accounts is Mastodon.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0
#mastodon #twitter #elonmusk
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty

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Show threadVolodymyrAug 16, 2023
@lukemartell I wonder when accounts or, better yet, instances will be open at least by large research and technology centers and projects #ESA #EOSC #NASA
Show threadDec [{()}]Aug 17, 2023
@volodymyr @lukemartell
In Ireland, @diasastronomy has a (closed membership) instance.
Show threadVolodymyrAug 17, 2023

@dec23k Really nice! I have some #astronomy colleagues in #días .

I expect that many instances like that will be private for members only (#EU one also does this) since it is not actually restricting their immersion in #fediverse.

In #switzerland educational institutions are supported by #switch who I could imagine to host a service.

And I keep hoping that some federated servers will come up in #EOSC marketplace.

Show threadLeonardoAug 25, 2023

@volodymyr @dec23k

I'm not aware of federated servers coming up in #EOSC (yet), but I can give some more info on National #Research and #Education Networks (#NRENs).

@SURF, the Dutch NREN (as SWITCH is for Switzerland) launched in February 2023 a Mastodon pilot for Research and Education in the Netherlands: https://www.surf.nl/en/mastodon-pilot-for-research-and-education

Also, different NRENs and RRENs, including the pan-European R&E Network @geant for which I work have now opened Mastodon profiles (e.g. @DFN and @nordunet)

Mastodon pilot for research and education

SURF and Universities of the Netherlands are jointly exploring Mastodon as an open source platform for education and research in the Netherlands.

SURF.nl
Show threadVolodymyrAug 25, 2023

@lmarino
that's interesting, I suppose this sort of network can certainly grow bottom-up, it does not need to start from #EOSC. I wonder, why don't they register in #EOSC marketplace for discoverability?

I just saw that #gitlab is advancing on implementing long-awaited #federated Merge Requests with #ActivityPub (https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/11247), it could be a boost for adoption.

Do you know if there are open academic #peertube servers? To share some open data.

@dec23k @SURF @geant @DFN @nordunet

Support ActivityPub for GitLab (#11247) · Epics · Epics · GitLab.org · GitLab

Gitlab/ActivityPub Design Documents by @oelmekki The goal of those documents is...

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Show threadLeonardo

@volodymyr

I'm also not aware of open academic #peertube servers, but I would be interested in knowing more.

Remaining in the NREN ecosystem, I know that the French NREN @renater publishes the recordings of its conference Journées RESeaux (JRES) on https://replay.jres.org/ which is powered by #PeerTube

@dec23k @SURF @geant @DFN @nordunet

Replay JRES

Archives vidéo des JRES

Aug 28, 2023 at 1:43pmWeb
Show threadVolodymyrAug 28, 2023

The only think I know related is this https://tube.network.europa.eu/about/peertube

Research is clearly engaged with social networks, and I am not sure it is sustainable to keep using #youtube (who knows when something will happen to it, like it happened to #twitter .

State actors in Germany (e.g. @BMWK) and Netherland (@beheerder) are getting some pilot activities.

@lmarino @renater @dec23k @SURF @geant @DFN @nordunet

EU Video

EU Video is the official ActivityPub video platform of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs). The pilot program contributes to the EU’s strategy for data and digital sovereignty to foster Europe’s independence in the digital world.

Show threadLeonardoAug 28, 2023

@volodymyr

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

@BMWK @beheerder @renater @dec23k @SURF @geant @DFN @nordunet