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Evan Prodromou

Should universities host their own Mastodon instances?

#EvanPoll #Poll

Anonymous poll

Poll

Strong yes
443
56.8%
Qualified yes
289
37.1%
Qualified no
34
4.4%
Strong no
14
1.8%
780 people voted.
Voting ended 3 Apr 2023 at 0:53.
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Diane 🕵

@evan

There'll be a conflict between the PR department, faculty and students, all of which may have very different ideas of what's reasonable to post about.

James Brown

@evan I think this would be great for professors, lecturers, and researchers, but super unwise for students...

Edward L Platt

@evan I think *student groups* at universities should run instances. Thinking of SIPB at MIT

Evan Prodromou

Are there other university-wide Mastodon servers besides mastodon.mit.edu/ ?

I want to set one up for my graduate school at Georgia Tech.

tallship
@evan @evan , why but something with actual utility - like #Friendica? Or other more capable, and featureful #Fediverse platforms that actually enable community and intelligible discourse not confined to constricted drive-by posts that can't even support other types of text formats?

I'm really interested in hearing your feelings on this, as the rate of migrations away from mastodon continue to accelerate as people realize that there are many other more viable Fediverse platforms.

#tallship #FOSS #ActivityPub #communities



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@evan @evan , why but something with actual utility - like #Friendica? Or other more capable, and featureful #Fediverse platforms that actually enable community and intelligible discourse not confined to constricted drive-by posts that can't even support other types of text formats?
Evan Prodromou

I tried out the new #Flipboard experience for #mastodon Here's are my quick thoughts:

- The UI was wonderful! Great job bringing the content from Mastodon into the Flipboard experience.
- The support for different streams was 💋👌🏼 mwah, chef's kiss. Home, local and federated timelines are all available through the interface.
- Performance was great! Few if any spinners or pauses. It felt like a real-time news experience.

Evan Prodromou

#Flipboard impressions, continued:

- My public account at cosocial.ca didn't work for the demo. When I added it to the UI, I got a message that it wasn't valid. I think there might be a small allowlist of servers that they're using, which will need to be changed soon. The fediverse is too big for allowlists!
- THEY PROVIDE AN INSTANCE FOR FLIPBOARD USERS. This is epic. I got an account at @evanpro to try out.

I'm excited to see how this develops. I love having Flipboard on the fediverse.

#Flipboard impressions, continued:

- My public account at cosocial.ca didn't work for the demo. When I added it to the UI, I got a message that it wasn't valid. I think there might be a small allowlist of servers that they're using, which will need to be changed soon. The fediverse is too big for allowlists!
- THEY PROVIDE AN INSTANCE FOR FLIPBOARD USERS. This is epic. I got an account at @evanpro to try out.

Evan Prodromou

This protocol was made by trans people and this culture was built by trans people.

If you love the #fediverse, thank your #trans friends, colleagues and allies today.

Evan Prodromou

What connections on the fediverse are most important to you?

#EvanPoll #Poll

Anonymous poll

Poll

People you know personally
136
20.2%
People you're a fan of
76
11.3%
Groups you're a member of
23
3.4%
Topics you're interested in
438
65.1%
673 people voted.
Voting ended 30 Mar 2023 at 22:31.
Evan Prodromou

I have a lot of feelings about this poll.

I'm "people I know personally". A lot of my best friends and most steadfast allies are on this network and it means a lot to connect to them here.

There are also a lot of people I know who aren't here. I hope to see them here soon.

Evan Prodromou

@fediforum Conversation on future of news was so amazing. Big points:

- Outreach is needed
- QT and search are big tech pain points
- Engagement is a huge selling point and quantifiable
- Encouraging particular types of journalists to join is a good way to get critical mass. Climate journalists are a great candidate group.
- Indymedia is a natural match for the Fediverse topology

Evan Prodromou

@fediforum @debs and @jeffjarvis when you organise the journalist event, please invite me! I'm in Montreal but I'd come to NYC for that.

Evan Prodromou

In the somewhat-SWICG meeting at @fediforum . It's an exciting talk with a lot of implementers!

Evan Prodromou

@fediforum we just agreed to use Chatham House Rule for sharing information from #fediforum , so I'll be sharing information but not names or affiliations in these updates. Thanks @Identitywoman and @J12t for clarification!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_

Darius Kazemi

@evan wish I could join you all but I need to give my brain a break after mozfest last week and then two more conferences next week....

Aswath Rao

@evan
Modelled after Nicolas Bourbaki, I suggest they all be attributed to John Mastodon.
@fediforum @Identitywoman @J12t

Evan Prodromou

If you're interested in topics on the Fediverse, you should think about attending Fediforum tomorrow and Thursday. It's an unconference on fediverse topics.

#fediverse #federology #unconference #fediforum

fediforum.org/

Evan Prodromou

Should Internet companies and other online groups pull April Fool's Day pranks?

#EvanPoll #Poll

Anonymous poll

Poll

Strong yes
46
11.8%
Qualified yes
88
22.6%
Qualified no
105
26.9%
Strong no
151
38.7%
390 people voted.
Voting ended 28 Mar 2023 at 18:50.
Evan Prodromou

OK, bummer results here.

I'm a qualified yes. This tradition is one that's been important to me since my earliest days on the Internet.

I've always liked the gentle, goofy humour that comes from April Fool's Day jokes. And I'm impressed when people make cool hacks for their pranks.

It feels a day where we act like we are all on the same side, and all in on the joke. That this big network isn't something to take too seriously. That there's a straight line connection to that earlier time.

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