Gregory's Server“Activists please stop organizing only on Instagram and Facebook” challenge 2023 … 😒
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 @esther I make it a point to not check neither Facebook nor Instagram. If people get scolded for not providing alt texts for images, then organizations should also be reminded each and every time to post all info in their RSS enabled blogs as well as on the Fediverse, i.e. out in the open. @savedr I’m even in favor of posting stiff there too, but if it’s the only way, that’s a problem @esther they also post screenshots of maps so cropped in that you have no context for where they’re actually doing something (like will actually not include park names or whatever)  @endocrimes @esther although probably unintentional, this is hostile to visitors who might not be from the area, and (added to the use of Meta systems) increases risk for someone like a teen or young adult who might be attending an event on their own, and perhaps quite understandably does not want to tell their parents exactly where they are going! @endocrimes @esther its an increasing problem everywhere (I see it happen in event publicity for my town as well) - the material is designed by those who live in town/city centre, and forget that folk from outside might also want to attend. But if something is exclusively on Instagram I simply won't see it as I've never had any Instagram or Facebook account and have 0 intention of ever using it.. @endocrimes @esther latitude and longitude coordinates just seem so much better, since they are quite literally global for any mapping service or app someone would use @aenea it’s very unclear. They posted something about having more and smaller event this time but i don’t know much details  @esther Seriously? They use a platform which gives a shit about trans rights, to organize events? Makes sense...not. 🤦♂️  @philpem @esther (next to) All the pride parade Information and Organisation stuff has this year moved into Facebook, and is actively encouraged by websites like queer.de to use this Those who dont want to use Facebook have just been cut off from participating in and joining pride parades to support An open and accessible way to distribute announcements should be the default: website, RSS, email newsletter. Anything else is a bonus on top. And it doesn’t matter that much if you have a dedicated domain or if your page is part of a latger website. The important thing is that it can be accessed with a web browser and linked to. (This appies to organizing that is supposed to be openly visible. If you’re doing covert action or organizing, very different strategies apply) Heck, if you’re an organizer and don’t have the means to put up a website yourself, get in touch with some nerd. They’ll probably gladly put up a simple page on one of their 27 domains that they bought for giggles and never really use. (Yes, I’m one of those nerds. Even though I have the domain buying habit a bit more under control 😅)  @yetzt i only have 3 at this point. I couldn’t afford 26 anymore 😅 selfawaresoup.com @esther Not only that, but there are plenty of free turnkey services that can stand up a website pretty quickly. It may not be pretty, or check all the boxes us technical types value, but it will be _functional_ and that’s what’s important.  That sounds like heaven to me. One of my original gripes with FB is simply how butt-ugly it is to look at.  @esther I think organisations take a risk by relying on a friendly nerd managing their web presence. What if that nerd starts a family, gets a more demanding job, or just decides that they don't want to do free labour for that specific organisation anymore? Not advocating to use facebook, but there should be better options for organisations to own their own webpresence @peter @esther Yes, I think even an account on a Mastodon instance run by a reputable organization (something like Mozilla) would be preferable, especially since that would automatically generate an RSS feed as well. Furthermore, such an account would be much easier to set up and maintain than a website including a self-hosted feed, especially if much of the information needs to be available only for a short period of time.  @esther Uh oh... the thing with the domains... it's like you're speaking directly to my soul. :D  @esther I used to work at a registrar, and the boss let us register as many domains as we liked as long as it wasn’t a squatting thing. I’m not gonna lie, the occasional intervention was required when it got out of hand. (like registering domains that referenced other domains registered by a co-worker, for example).  🤣 nonononono! Completely wrong! I’ve only got like a dozen. (Cancelled a few the other day) Plus I now do use this one 😊 |
Trans Pride Berlin last year: “we promise to take more care in creating inclusive and accessible events”
Trans Pride Berlin this year: “if you don’t check Instagram everg day you’ll miss every announcement because we post everything as stories that disappear after 24h”