I agree it's worth having alternatives to any single platform, including Twitter. Assuming it's true that Musk will be too libertarian, it's unlikely he'd limit academic use of Twitter. But unlikely isn't the same as "no chance." If Mastodon's user interface and other tools are acceptably good, it makes sense to set up another community, if only as a backup. Mastodon will have a smaller academic user base. That will limit users' reach in comparison to Twitter. These few items would seem the main potential limitations. Fred -- Fred Fuchs - Founder, CEO, & Producer FireSabre Consulting LLC On 11/7/2022 2:06 AM, Andrew Lowenthal via Air-L wrote:
Wonderful to see so many people (re)embracing open source/non-corporate social media etc. Ultimately alternatives that don't place us at the whim of one oligarch or the other are the best solution.
One question however - the thrust of the Musk criticism is that he will be too libertarian. With that in mind, where does the assumption come from that he will shut off access to academic twitter? Has there been a statement? It would seem to go against his anti-censorship ethos. Or is it more that it would not be in his interest to serve an overwhelmingly left-wing academia?
Anything tangible as to known intentions of already concluded Twitter actions would be helpful.
Thanks, Andrew
On 11/7/22 01:28, Paul Levinson via Air-L wrote:
Just followed ISOC on Mastodon -- thanks!
-- PL
On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 7:19 PM Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> wrote:
Not that you don't see enough of them already, but ISOC LIVE announces go out at @jolynyc@mastodon.social
I'm interested to see if EM messes with Twitter live (ex-Periscope) which I quite like.
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