Alan LevineFWIW I met Dave Lane a tech guru from New Zealand who is ready to release soon an "easy" guide for installing Mastodon instances.
He said he has done a handful already https://twitter.com/lightweight/status/858686621104865280
Downes 🍁@cogdog I'm trying to decide whether to launch my own or whether to stay with mastodon.social
Greg McVerry@Downes @cogdog I would love your thoughts. I have read some stuff about image caching issues that could cause legal trouble but I think a federated network for Mastadon is perfect for higher ed.
Local server control, privacy through data empowerment, disciplines still federating together across campus
I encourage use of Twitter with students but never require it. I have no right telling you to relinquish data to a third party.
dogtrax@jgmac1106 @cogdog @Downes @tellio We are wondering about experimenting this summer with a #clmooc instance ... not sure of reality of pulling it off ...
Tellio@dogtrax @Downes @cogdog @jgmac1106 I keep talking about #clmooc as adhoc frankenstack and our folksonomy as a way to create an anarcho-syndicalist open-sourced combine (mastodon/minds.com/etherpad/Wikity-style). There. I said it.
@tellio Hey old friend. Good to see you here. Now let me remember to check in more often
@jgmac1106 Backatcha Greg. What really?