[NCUC-DISCUSS] Go to Mastodon, abandon Twitter

[James Gannon]

Please note that this would be an unofficial channel and if linked to NCUC would need approval from the NCUC EC.

-James


From: Ncuc-discuss [mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org] On Behalf Of Jose Murilo
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 9:00 PM
To: Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu>
Cc: Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com>; NCUC-discuss <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>
Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Go to Mastodon, abandon Twitter

Hi,

Mastodon could be an interesting experiment for the group.
But from my experience, I think an instance should be created just for that.
I have fixed my own server yesterday, its not hard:
https://ecodigital.social

#Mastodon: let's check if individually moderated communities can make a #Twitter-like social network more civil
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/like-twitter-hate-trolls-try-mastodon/

Best,

Jose Murilo
Coordinator for Information Architecture
Brazilian Institute for Museums - IBRAM



On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu<mailto:milton at gatech.edu>> wrote:
"(ever heard of "federation" outside the realm of Star Trek before today?)"

Uh, yeah, I have. How ignorant of political science do they expect us to be?

;-)


Dr. Milton L Mueller
Professor, School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Internet Governance Project
http://internetgovernance.org/




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> Hi
>
>
> A lot of communication in ICANN is done via chat channels.
> There's an NCUC Skype chat and an NCUC twitter account NCUC did an
> experiment w/ Rocket Chat But ever since Twitter has become very
> disappointing to many in fighting harassment, Mastodon has been
> increasingly used Some of us from Internet Freedom Festival have moved
>
> A review is here
> http://www.pcmag.com/review/352938/mastodon?utm_source=email&utm
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> Best,
>
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