Like quite a few folks, my mastodon 1st anniversary was a few weeks ago – some reflections from the ride so far...
Joined just prior to John Mastodon founding & naming the platform after himself, and have learned a lot from the always gracious JM
Appreciate how artists sharing their work plus community/mutual aid are welcome here (there are, of course, some turdslaws about it, h/t @genderlessinsults, so we should all keep encouraging both)
Transparent, accountable journalism, news, and open-source data are starting to pick up, incl. @404mediaco@Bellingcat and I'm hoping this trend continues, including adding to the local news orgs and reporters that use the platform (h/t to @MLNow and @algernon, just a couple I'm aware of)
One thing that's slow is adoption by governments & public agencies, which I'm hoping increases since the bird app meltdown is a good example of what happens when you rent but don't own your social media
I am glad to see more researchers & academics embracing mastodon, and I hope we will see more creative collabs with devs & engineer types, as this is an area of opportunity
I'm finding some of the scaffolding is being built back up here, but there's no reason to pretend, Melon Husk did a deep blow to online information dissemination, which, for me, emphasizes the importance of not being tied to centralized platforms AND maintaining ties IRL and in our own communities.
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