Post APKF740UvmvzZoXUXI by katco@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #APKE6RvePARNWcPo1Y by cfiesler@hci.social
       2022-11-05T17:05:45Z
       
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       This is a recreation of a Twitter thread of my response to someone who said re: scientists moving to Mastodon: "Leaving the global community to enter a silo makes no sense."I think this represents a common misconception about Mastodon! The entire point of federated social media is that it isn't a silo. On Twitter you are in a Twitter silo. On a Mastodon instance you can interact with anyone on ANY instance.[thread continues :) ]
       
 (DIR) Post #APKE6SKSuuI2la1chc by cfiesler@hci.social
       2022-11-05T17:09:34Z
       
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       Right now Mastodon *feels* like a silo because there aren't many people there - so yep, it isn't a global community. But neither was Twitter at the beginning. If we can only be on social media where everyone else *already* is, then we'll be held hostage forever.To be clear, I think the "global community" part is really important for scientists, which is why I'm not leaving Twitter right now. But I would very much like to be *able* to.  [thread: 2/3]
       
 (DIR) Post #APKE6UFZm3ZEizkkMK by ajWasThere@tech.lgbt
       2022-11-06T04:47:30Z
       
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       I do feel like Musk may have created a critical mass of people willing to move. I created a Mastodon account a while back but there were not enough people here for it to be an alternative in any meaningful way. It does feel different today and I really hope that it is different this time.@cfiesler
       
 (DIR) Post #APKE6UccONzzsSX9H6 by cfiesler@hci.social
       2022-11-05T17:10:26Z
       
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       I 100% agree that scientists not silo-ing themselves is important. But in theory that's an argument FOR federated social media. Like right now people on Facebook are not seeing my Tweets and maybe they should. :)I'm not leaving Twitter... yet. But at this point  there's a non-zero chance that it becomes unusable in the near future. :-\  So as a scientist who wants to communicate with people I want other options.[thread: 3/3]
       
 (DIR) Post #APKE6Ujhy1fcERqoKG by shellkr@mstdn.io
       2022-11-06T11:17:00Z
       
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       @ajWasThere @cfiesler It had critical mass a long time ago. It is just about following the right and enough people. My feed has been sprawling since a couple of years.. ;)
       
 (DIR) Post #APKEJNkNGRxGJtJ7nE by guillaumelegoy@data-folks.masto.host
       2022-11-05T17:21:56Z
       
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       @cfiesler I thought so at first as well until someone explained to me the Federated timeline that makes so much sense. However if people you follow don't follow someone saying something interesting, AFAIK you'll never see it?
       
 (DIR) Post #APKEJOE9Tjm3oFEuCu by shellkr@mstdn.io
       2022-11-06T11:19:31Z
       
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       @guillaumelegoy @cfiesler I have created two feeds. One is my home feed and the other a curated list feed (roughly 10-20 peeps). I put the extra interesting people in the curated list. That way I never miss an important post.
       
 (DIR) Post #APKF740UvmvzZoXUXI by katco@mstdn.social
       2022-11-06T00:24:30Z
       
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       @cfiesler Yes! I have just written a blog post which, while addressing other misunderstandings, states this exact thing.https://katherine.cox-buday.com/blog/2022/11/05/is-migrating-from-twitter-to-mastodon-risky/