I'd like to see a non-library alternatives sign too!
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@mtechman My pleasure!
Now I'm realizing I should maybe try to squeeze this table into https://jointhefediverse.net/zine somehow. Hmm. That's going to be tough.
@Quasit Maybe!
Personally, I think people are better off promoting their favorite communities. Helps with the "pick a server" conundrum.
Luckily, I have a tool for that as well.
If you're interested!
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There are lots of places to post fliers. My library has racks right by the front door for that sort of thing. And there are places that have bulletin boards where you can post flyers, too!
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Some parts of some towns are also fairly tolerant of posting on lampposts and such, especially college towns.
I like it! Maybe instead of just listing platforms, this could have links to specific servers running those platforms?
To give people a more concrete "call to action"? Just a thought.
I considered that, but the URLs are fairly long. Maybe a QR code for a single website would be better? I'm not sure how to make one.
@Quasit How to make a website, or a QR code?
I'd be happy to help put something together that you can host on https://neocities.org.
And any free QR code generator should do, here's one that looks okay:
Or you could use one of these to make the website:
- https://hotglue.me/
- https://wwwobble.org/
- https://mmm.page/
Thanks, these are great ideas!
I guess what we need to do is either find or make a website that makes it incredibly simple to sign up for whichever services a person is interested in, no matter how ignorant of technology they are. But that does seem to be the stumbling block when it comes to mass adoption of Fediverse services.
@Quasit Yes, picking a server from so many out there is understandably a difficult task if you're maybe even just learning about this whole concept.
I do like the idea I proposed earlier, to suggest specific communities as alternatives to the major corporate platforms, and that works fairly well on a website.
So the poster could still list the platforms with a link to the site, and the site itself would have a curated list of servers, maybe?
I like https://justaqrcode.com (which I found out about on Mastodon)
It encodes only the text you enter, with no redirects or tracking added
Libby costs your local library a fortune.
https://arrgle.com/libby-libraries-and-the-shocking-cost-of-ebook-licenses/
I've never trusted Libby. Nor did I find it useful.
Mike? I have an account, but I don't remember anything about it except...actually nothing.
@mtechman Somehow, I'd never heard of most of those! Which caused me to end up on my local library's website and discover that they have a whole bunch of other stuff I was unaware of.
Thanks for the nudge!
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@mtechman Ooo, I made a video adjacent to this topic two weeks ago.
Also try Kanopy.
the movies & TV shows on Hoopla are not really the same as those on Netflix HOWEVER the audiobook services via the public library are SO much better than audible -- my local library has audiobooks through Hoopla, Libby, and Cloud Library, between the 3 of them you can find pretty much anything
I love my library and I love Libby. I wish we had the other things listed. Those sound awesome.
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