Mastodawn

This message is intended for Canadian #Mastodon admins who are running public instances large and small. If you are an admin, please share with your counterparts. If you are a member of a Canadian instance, please send this to your admin.
A small group of us (Note: really, really small) are in early discussions on how to encourage our government - individual politicians & federal, provincial, and municipal departments - to move their social media presence to Mastodon. This would involve an awareness campaign targeting politicians, party HQs, and departments/agencies.
We are asking for input from admins to help us create a future state vision for this project, and provide us with advice or ideas on how to bring it to a reality. I will set up a web call within the next 3 weeks and hopefully you can participate. We are not asking you to contribute beyond input. Please DM me and I will add you to the invitees.

#mastoadmin
#MastodonCanada
#MastoCanadaGOV (hashtag for this project)

CC: @ZebKing

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opalideas Jan 12

@paulbusch @ZebKing Definitely support that! But this brings up a slight failing of Mastodon that I have been asking about.
If Mastodon is to replace the corporate social media stuff there has to be a way to better focus on the local, even down to family level.
How can I set up an instance for Vancouver Island? For the Central Island? For a residential group in Qualicum Beach?
And, needing a dedicated server is out of reach for a senior with fixed income.

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Innocuous In Innisfil Has Moved Jan 12

@opalideas @ZebKing

My attempt at articulating this failing/opportunity - and correct me if I'm wrong:

- Having an instance/server for each community is too complex and potentially confusing.
- Mastadon should include the function of adding a Group, which you can join.
- Groups can be based on geography (communities), interest, activity, organizations, etc.
- You could select Groups from your feed filter to quickly check for posts specific to the group.

My wife is active on Facebook, despite my encouragement to delete her account. She belongs to 2 local community groups plus a few other activity groups. She also sells on FB Marketplace. Until Mastodon has similar functionality, she will remain on the evil empire.

This functionality would likely be more beneficial for users versus government accounts. But municipal council members would find it useful as would politicians that want to connect with their riding.

Masto does have Groups
https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/
@opalideas @ZebKing

How to use discussion groups on Mastodon and the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

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Innocuous In Innisfil Has Moved Jan 20

@SnowyCA

FediTips actually sent this to us a few days ago but it's still not as easy to use as Facebook or LinkedIn groups. Someday we'll get there.

However your extra reminder prompted an idea. Our #MastoCanadaGOV committee needs a Mastodon account for communication and I think I'll recommend that we use the Fedi groups feature. Thanks

CC: @ZebKing