Eugen RochkoProbably good time to link an article I wrote about how Mastodon's privacy/abuse features differ from Twitter's: https://medium.com/@Gargron/learning-from-twitters-mistakes-c272d67bba76
I also wrote about why organizations should want to host Mastodon instances: https://medium.com/@Gargron/two-reasons-why-organizations-should-switch-to-self-hosting-social-media-9a1bbac45b69
toby@Gargron dude you should seriously offer consultancy/setup services as a way to fund the project, think Github Enterprise
@tobypinder i already offer it as a patreon tier as well as, well, you can ask me
@Gargron I have seen that, was more meaning some kind of more company friendly pages though... the brands, they get so confused :grinning:
Alex Gleason@Gargron I think there is an opportunity for activist groups like BLM, animal rights groups, and any others who are silenced by mainstream platforms to host their own instances. I'm silently working on the animal liberation one in the background; the news ability to see a local timeline is killer and brings so much value. Next is convincing activists why Twitter/Facebook is evil and why their privacy matters.
hotwheelsmaster69@alexgleason @Gargron ive been thinking about introducing masto to my local DSA, but what makes masto better/worse than something like Semaphor?
@Gargron @alexgleason aka Slack + Signal encryption
@mkosler @alexgleason It's better for megaphone purposes, but I am not sure it's better when secrecy is required (encryption &co)
edef@Gargron is there a feature req for like, sharing with a predefined list, kind of like G+'s circles?
@Gargron I could emulate it by having a mention-list but that doesn't seem super sustainable + notifies everyone instead of just putting it in their timeline
@Gargron my current approach is to have a separate locked twitter account that certain people are invited to follow, but it's fairly high-friction