#mastodonmigration Timeline

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It finally works! 🤞🏼

Here is a table of more than 1000 journalists on #Mastodon, that updates itself – showing the ones most active, most followed etc. I took the wonderful table by @tchambers as foundation, but deleted some media organizations, so that it only contains accounts from people.
I want to make another for media accounts (and maybe even more 🤔).

Have a look!

⏩ ️https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uWj0j_AL6YQMK87U7_CFpvudK-Aygtx7Bea3fbjxgyo/edit#gid=1993864896

#MastodonMigration #Fediverse #Press #Media #Journalism

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I'm still finding verified #accounts from #news sites and #media organizations on #Mastodon for my list:

Now it contains more than 270 accounts in 16 languages. #German is still far in front, but #english is growing fast. And there are accounts in #italian, #spanish, #swedish, #dutch, #french, #catalan, #basque, #welsh, #turkish, #slovakian, #portuguese, #finnish, #danish & #czech.

The majority is very active.

Have a look:
⏩ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse

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There are now three always up-to-date tables with accounts on #Mastodon. They show for example, which ones are still active.

One has more than 1000 journalists from all over the world:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uWj0j_AL6YQMK87U7_CFpvudK-Aygtx7Bea3fbjxgyo/edit#gid=876665327

One has more than 200 official, verified accounts from media organizations:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

And one has accounts by authorities in 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 🇪🇺:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17__HLo0Bobcx4IgvEm4_LTdYD3JxQCJjotWDNjIHNdw/edit#gid=1251927096

Suggestions are welcome for all of them!

#SocialMedia #MastodonMigration #Fediverse

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Ich habe jetzt drei stets aktuelle Tabellen mit Accounts auf #Mastodon. Da kann man bspw. auf einen Blick sehen, welche davon (noch) aktiv sind.

Da gibt's über 1000 Journalist*innen aus aller Welt:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uWj0j_AL6YQMK87U7_CFpvudK-Aygtx7Bea3fbjxgyo/edit#gid=876665327

Da gibt's mehr als 200 offizielle und verifizierte Accounts von Medien:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

Und es gibt staatliche Accounts aus 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 🇪🇺:
⏩https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17__HLo0Bobcx4IgvEm4_LTdYD3JxQCJjotWDNjIHNdw/edit#gid=1251927096

Vorschläge sind überall willkommen!

#SocialMedia #MastodonMigration #Fediverse

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#TwitterMigration #MastodonMigration

I'm a part-time journalist and historian in #McKeesport, PA, and a full-time PR person at a major metropolitan university. Married.

#Union proud (NWU since 2000). #Cartoonist. I'm also known as W3MCK on #hamradio, and serve as the unexpected foreign body in the annals of #Pittsburgh #radio from 12 to 3 p.m. on Saturdays on WRCT 88.3 FM and Tube City Online internet radio.

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Today, we're beginning to federate a selection of publishers based in Germany and the U.K. We've also introduced @FlipboardDE, a new profile for the Mastodon community in Germany. In the first test, we are partnering with 21 publishers to federate their profiles and Magazines. Follow the profile to see all the stories they are posting on Flipboard, or topically curated Magazines to get coverage on specific areas of interest. Here's a blogpost that explains more.

https://flipboard.medium.com/flipboard-begins-federation-in-europe-b7e2ba3651d3

#Flipboard #ActivityPub #Federation #Fediverse #Germany #Deutschland #UnitedKingdom #News #Tech #Culture #Art #Politics #MastodonMigration #Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb

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A year can go by in a flash. And that’s certainly how I feel as @Flipboard marks the first birthday of our Mastodon editorial desks. We tentatively dipped our toes into the water, not sure what to expect. What we quickly discovered was a smart, engaged community of people truly curious about our world for all its virtues and faults.

We instantly observed far more replies, favorites and boosts than we ever saw on X (Twitter) even though we had many more followers there. By November, we abandoned X to focus on Mastodon and a few other platforms.

When we launched our Mastodon accounts, we had no idea that Flipboard itself would federate, which is a work in progress. In recent months, we’ve federated our editorial curation from the app, greatly expanding your options to follow the topics you’re most interested in, such as news, politics, sports, entertainment, etc. And we’re in the process of federating publisher Flipboard accounts so that you can follow their topical Magazines. Already, you can find accounts such as Smithsonian Magazine, Euronews, Frommers, CBS Sports and SPIN.

Thank you for all of your feedback and support. If you like our work, please boost this post and help us grow our audience.

@NewsDesk
@TechDesk
@ScienceDesk
@CultureDesk
@ArtPhotosDesk

And check out two new country-specific accounts:
@FlipboardUK
@FlipboardDE

#FollowFriday #Mastodon #MastodonMigration #Media #Journalism #SocialMedia #Tech

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In December, we started to federate the accounts of some Flipboard publishers and in February, we introduced Magazines to the fediverse. Now, we’re taking two important steps: federating the accounts of 400 creators and expert curators; and enabling two-way communication so that new followers and fediverse activity are visible and actionable in the Flipboard app.

To learn more about this, take a look at our blogpost:

https://flipboard.medium.com/flipboard-federates-11-000-magazines-by-400-creators-and-enthusiasts-82dd94691f74

Find all the handles of our newly federated curators here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/

Thanks so much to everyone who has given feedback on what we’ve done so far. We welcome your thoughts and comments as we continue on our journey to fully federate Flipboard.

#Fediverse #Federation #Flipboard #ActivityPub #SpreadMastodon #Mastodon #Curation #MastodonMigration

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Introduction, or better to say, re-introduction :-)

Well well well. I guess I should introduce myself a bit :-)

Hi, my name is Expert Plus, or at least this how do I call myself on Internet. I used to have else nicknames, but I prefer that one.

I am interested and focused on privacy. I am 3D artist as well.

I discovered Mastodon back in April 2021, but then left, because at the time I was (and still is unfortunately) a Twitter user, when it was still called Twitter, when it felt like Twitter, when was Twitter's API used to be free and not paid.

And one of the things that I always wanted is to get verified, to get that blue checkmark badge, you know? Never got it.

I wanted to verify my identity so people would know that it was me and of course - who wouldn't want this, huh? - I wanted to be and look famous.

Of course I never got that many followers on that place, and never got verified :-(

At the time, one of the things that were popular on Twitter was #100DaysOfCode and I started using it at the time to get more discovery from people (I was interested in programming at the time and quite experimented with practicing HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc, but then I understood it's not my cup of coffee and left that interest)

Plus, I started using the #followback challenge (which means that if you follow some people who participates in that trend, they will follow you back) and after I found out it worked, I started crazily follow insane amount of people and got 200 followers.

Of course, at the time, it was smart Twitter's moderation and not Elon's stupid moderation, so I got my account suspended very quickly.

I then applied to their form (if you've been a Twitter user you know what am I talking about and you're indeed aware) and they unbanned me. Then I got banned 2 more times and after getting banned for 3rd time, I finally quit Twitter. Nope, I didn't switched to Mastodon instead, I weren't aware that it will soon become popular, I just quit Twitter without looking for alternatives. Could you believe that, huh?

Well, ok, back to my story. When I quit Twitter, it was April 2021. They banned my account with no reason right on my birthday, on 14 April 2021, when my parents gifted me an Alexa device, I logged in to my Twitter account on it, and then, apparently Twitter suspected it was a suspicious login, so after getting suspended for the 3rd time, I had quit Twitter because I got tired of its stupid bans of my account.

So, 1 year had passed. It's April 2022, and, as I was browsing YouTube (I recently became privacy focused at that time, but that's another story that I will tell the other time), I started hearing more and more rumors that Elon Musk is about to buy Twitter. Unlike people like you, who prefer to freak about him being idiot, I didn't knew Elon that well, although I was aware of his existence, and I - guess what? - believed that he is going to save Twitter and give it the freakin' edit button I needed for years!

Well, he bought it. I don't know if anyone of you, as Twitter users remember that, but at the time, the first thing I noticed that he had implemented was the down button which looked like this -> ⬇️

The second curious thing I noticed is the "Twitter Blue" thing. I looked it up but it didn't interested me.

Then, you know, Elon had "unbought" Twitter, getting rid of his deal, but then he re-bought it.

Anyways, my story is, that at the time I was using an amazing app - have no idea if anyone of you used it back in day - which was kizie.co due to the fact I needed a better Twitter app since 2019.

I will not share my eventual reaction to Elon's stupid changes as he implemented them, but will say this: in May 2022, as I heard rumors people were leaving Twitter for Mastodon, I re-joined Mastodon this time at mstdn.social .

Sure, I liked it, but still preferred Twitter because the main 3D community was there and Blender artists, like Gleb Alexandrov and Captain Disillusion (both are here now BTW, although CD had stopped being active on Mastodon and still prefers Twitter. He is on Threads as well) and else artists.

BTW, if you can name please, what 3D artists and 3D news can I follow on here, I would very much appreciate it, because that was the reason I liked Twitter, and that's - yes that's - what gave me the Twitter vibe that I miss on here. If you know anyone on here who posts news about 3D artists (example: 80 LEVELS on Twitter) , is a 2D animator artist, is a 3D Artist, let me know, because I damn need that much to follow people like these and would be very grateful for this, thank you in advance!

But back to my story. So, in May 2022, I joined Mastodon, and then....when Elon started banning many accounts, - mstdn.social former and current probably remember - many Mastodon servers started becoming unavailable to use, and even Elon made fun of it.

I don't remember, but somewhere around in 2023 (probably after rebranding, oh yeah, probably after that), I started becoming more active on Mastodon now, switched a few Mastodon servers, and now I'm on here.

Here are a few facts I noticed:

On Twitter, you're not allowed to have the "expert" username. That's ridiculous, because nobody can have that username on on there. Also, you can't have username more then 15 characters which isn't great right?

Mastodon has most of the issues fixed. Edit button weren't on both Mastodon and Twitter, although Elon promised he would implement it, and Mastodon implemented it first (Friendica actually implemented it first long before all of that Elon-related stuff happened), and only then Elon did.

So!

Now I'm on here, have better engagement, most but not all, of my Twitter followings has been restored on here, on Fediverse, and now what?

Well, I recently switched to this Mastodon server. I used to have 140 followers before, now since I switched, it's 117. With your help, I hope I will hit 200 followers soon.

I learned how Mastodon's engagement works, I posted a few viral posts on my previous account, and hope, will post on here as well.

Oh and BTW. Guess what? The username that I have on this server is already taken by an inactive Twitter Russian account. I tried contacting anyone who was related to it, but never got any response back :-(

Anyways, hi :-)

Hope I will be welcomed on here :-)

P.S, Actually, if anyone interested, no, I didn't removed my Twitter account yet. There are still people who are my favorite (not Elon actually, I hate him and block him) who refused to joined ANY Twitter alternatives. Are you familiar with Mutahar? Mutahar, who is known as SomeOrdinaryGamers? Well, he is one of these guys who haven't joined ANY Twitter alternatives, although, back in day, he did made a video about Mastodon's Twitter account suspension and the Twitter Migration itself.

#privacy #verified #twitter #mastodon #introduce #introduction #introductions #introduction2 #introductioncontinued2 #blender #b3d #art #artist #x #elon #musk #elonmusk #twittermigration #friendica #mastodonmigration #mastodonmigration2 #socialmedia #blender #blender3d #technology #programming

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We've got new Dot Social podcast episodes coming with fediverse leaders, starting with @mike's conversation with Meta's @rklambo and @pcottle, two key people building #Threads. That one releases on Monday, followed by episodes with @snarfed.org and @molly0xfff. Be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Here's more info:

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/dot-social-new-episodes/

#DotSocial #Podcast #Fediverse #Flipboard #Federation #MastodonMigration #ActivityPub #Meta #Threads #MetaThreads #BridgyFed #Web3

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Threads is the largest player so far to adopt #ActivityPub, and as @mike says, “The implications are huge.”

Why is Threads doing this? How is the team working with the community? How are they thinking about moderation, monetization and privacy in these early days and going forward?
In the newest episode of @dot_social, Mike digs in with @rklambo, Director of Product Management, and @pcottle, Software Engineer. Check it out in the fediverse on PeerTube or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. More details here:

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/threads-dot-social/

#DotSocial #Podcast #Fediverse #Federation #MastodonMigration #Threads #Meta #ActivityPub #Flipboard

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As part of our mission to bring more high-quality journalism to the fediverse, we’re federating today the profiles of nine U.S. media sites, bringing their content to Mastodon and other platforms. We think this is especially important now as the world faces serious crises like Ukraine, Gaza and climate change — not to mention pivotal elections coming up this year in several countries.

We’re delighted to welcome this next wave of trusted publishers:
Bloomberg: @bloomberg
Bloomberg Law: @BloombergLaw
Bloomberg CityLab: @citylab
The Kyiv Independent: @KyivIndependent
Politico: @politico
Quartz: @quartz
Salon: @Salon
Time: @time
Vox: @Vox

Here are just a few of the amazing Magazines you’ll be able to follow:
Business News by Quartz, @business-news-quartz
Congress by Politico, @congress-politico
Markets by Bloomberg, @markets-bloomberg
News & Politics by Salon, @news-politics-Salon
Supreme Court by Vox, @supreme-court-Vox
Urban Planning by Bloomberg City Lab, @urban-planning-citylab
World News by Time, @world-time

More details on today's announcement: https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboard-brings-more-news-to-the-fediverse/

#Journalism #News #Media #Fediverse #Mastodon #MastodonMigration #Flipboard #Federation

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Our friends at @NewsDesk announced that @Flipboard has federated more news-focused publishers today, but some of those sites do great lifestyle and culture coverage too. Here are a few Magazines we suggest:

Culture, @culture-Salon, Food, @food-Salon, Television, @television-Salon and What We're Cooking Now, @what-we-re-cooking-now-Salon by @Salon

Internet Culture, @internet-culture-Vox, Life, @life-Vox and Travel, @travel-Vox by @Vox

Life & Culture, @life-culture-quartz, by @quartz

Top Stories, @top-stories-time, by @time

Urban Planning, @urban-planning-citylab, by @citylab

#Flipboard #Federation #Culture #Food #Travel #Media #Fediverse #Mastodon #MastodonMigration

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random late night sales pitch for Fedi

TL; DR - yes, you are in the right place. and if you're not sure about the server you can change that later

every time there's a new wave of people looking for a home because of the insane fascist baby Space Karen I think back to when I first signed up on the main, original instance. this was March '22.

at the time I was signing up for everything:
counter social
spoutible
mastodon (part of the fediverse. you are here)
and eventually blue sky (when I was "lucky" to "get an invite")
threads was not a thing and by the time it was I had figured out the rest of this post.

anyway.. this seemed a quiet, foreign place.
it felt slow, clunky. maybe stale?
some of the other options seemed quite appealing
it took a while to figure out none of them were truly viable. and this place positively BLOOMS if you put the time in and are patient 🔥

none of them offered what we have here. real federation. real empowerment of the users. real organic interactions. and the people are the best part.

this is the only one that isn't controlled by a central entity - Twitter backer, malign billionaire, super weird VC.. or just some singular (probable) narcissist., who you better not piss off.. or else..

so if you're in this situation my advice is simple:

by all means create some of those other accounts but don't give up on this place just because it seems slow at first. remember you ARE the algorithm. and you won't lose everything because you can migrate.

ask for advice. go slow. build the network you want. you get to keep it!

and welcome to the FEDI 🤩🧀 and.. goodnight 😴

#MastodonMigration #fedi

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any new peeps out there 👀

🤩WELCOME to FEDI🤩
🇧🇷 bem-vindo à Fedi 🇧🇷

You're gonna like it here - I promise! I can't even stomach LOOKING at birdchan anymore...

TIPS:
1. follow @FediTips
2. use #hashtags
3. follow lots - build your network
4. boost lots - you ARE the algorithm (& likes are private)
5. search #hashtags which interest YOU
6. scan people's profiles
7. MORE TIPS
👉 https://fedi.tips/
8. stick with it - #fediverse is WHEY better than centralized corporate garbage 🧀

#mastodon #MastodonMigration

The Mandalorian and Groku, holding cheese slices.

THIS IS THE WHEY

ALT

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We’re baaaaaack! After a hiatus due to vacation, we’re resuming our regular #NewstodonFriday thread. In case you’ve forgotten, its purpose is to highlight the work of newsrooms that are active in the fediverse. Please boost the posts you like, follow the profiles you discover, donate money, comment, and let us know about other newsrooms and journos that we should feature.

⤵️

#Media #Journalism #News #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday

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Do you use Flipboard to stay up on the latest news in tech? If so, your experience just got better. Now you can follow people on Threads and Mastodon, like Marques Brownlee, Mark Cuban, David Imel, Kara Swisher, and Taylor Lorenz, right from your Flipboard, and get their latest social posts on all things tech.

Learn more about these new features in this blogpost. And if there's a cool account you'd like us to highlight, let us know in the comments below.

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/fediverse-tech-voices-on-flipboard/

#Mastodon #MastodonMigration #Federation #Fediverse #Threads #Flipboard

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