[Chapter-delegates] Chapters in the Fediverse?

[Charles Mok (gmail)]

Thanks for the summary, it's very helpful to find more ISOC presence on
this new and emerging platform :) Happy mastodoning :)



On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 8:27 AM Joly MacFie via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Season's Greetings !
>
> WIth the upheaval at Twitter, many are taking the plunge into the
> decentralized social network, Mastodon.
>
> There are plenty of public Mastodon instances available, this can help you
> pick one for personal or Chapter usehttps://instances.social/ - it is
> possible to switch servers easily at any time, bring your follows/followers
> with you, but your posts will only be available on the old server (they can
> be downloaded as an archive).
>
> It is worth considering for a Chapter with the requisite resources to set
> up their own instance for the benefit of their members. One advantage of
> this is that 'local' feed will be only posts and boosted from your members,
> and the 'federated' feed will be what your members collectively follow.
> However there are also challenges, a couple of which are delineated by Dan
> York here.
> https://www.disruptiveconversations.com/2022/12/two-major-challenges-for-operating-mastodon-servers-scaling-and-content-moderation.html
>
> If, after that, you are still interested, Here are the instructions:
> https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-your-own/
>
> Now to the serious business, who to follow?
>
> Well, as far as I can tell, only two Chapters have accounts.
>
> ISOC Norway - @isocnorway at mastodon.social
> ISOC NY - @isocny at mastodon.nymesh.net
>
> Then, there are a few staff accounts that I could find..
> Dan York @danyork at mastodon.social
> Dr. Joseph Lorenzo Hall @joebeone at techpolicy.social
> Hanna Kreitem @hannak at mastodon.social
> Amreesh Phokeer @amreesh at infosec.exchange
> Olaf Kolkman @olaf at social.secret-wg.org
> Sally Wentworth  @wentworth at social.secret-wg.org
> Robin Wilton @futureidentity at freeradical.zone
> Sebastien Bellagamba @sbellagamba at techpolicy.social
> John Morris @Morris at techpolicy.social
> Isra Rosas @soyisraelrosas at mastocomm.org
> Michuki Mwangi @Michuki at social.secret-wg.org
> Max Stucchi @stucchimax at social.secret-wg.org
>
> A trustee!
> Charles Mok @charlesmok at mastodon.online
>
> Lastly, ISOC LIVE notices previously went out on my personal account
> @joly at mastodon.nycmesh.net
>
> But I have now set up a dedicated account for that. This will just get you
> webcasts without my personal stuff
> @isoclive at mastodon.nycmesh.net
>
> So, get going! And follow me at https://mastodon.nycmesh.net/@joly
>
> Joly
>
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