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"Mastodon for Harris" Raises Over $500,000 and Growing - Purely on the Fediverse [1]

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Date: 2024-08-08  

Mastodon Users Fuel Democratic Fundraising and Organizing



In the wake of President Joe Biden's exit from the 2024 election, Democratic supporters have experienced a significant surge in online energy and support. A key hub of this activism is the decentralized open social web, known as the "Fediverse," with Mastodon being a major player.

The largest Fundraiser — of Any Type — On Mastodon to Date is “Mastodon for Harris”

Just hours after the president's announcement, Heidi Li Feldman, a law professor emeritus at Georgetown University, launched an ActBlue fundraiser on Mastodon. The results have been unprecedented for this emerging platform. Mastodon users alone did this:



$505,132 raised

5,970 contributions

297 recurring contributions

Tech writer Ben Werdmuller observed , "Mastodon users are politically engaged, more active per capita than any other social network, and ready to contribute." Feldman added, "The Mastodon community has demonstrated a profound commitment to rule of law and secular, pluralist constitutional democracy."

A Larger Trend

This success is part of a broader trend of focusing on Fediverse outreach to:



Grow social reach outside of commercial social platforms

Find new audiences — that over index progressive and many of whom consiously migrated away from Twitter after Elon Musk’s purchase

Engage in organic person-to-person organizing — in a platform that deeply values that as the fediverse is intentionally free from artificial political ads, political micro-targeting, and algorithms

New Initiatives — Mastodon for Harris Organizing Groups

A new "Kamala Harris News and Organizing" Mastodon group account has quickly gained 2,000 followers. I am among the organizers of this group. This vetted and moderated group enables pro-Harris accounts to share, collaborate, and amplify key news and organizing opportunities in a spam-free, troll-resistant setting.



If you have a fediverse or Mastodon account you can follow it by clicking here: indieweb.social/...



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