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I finally joined yesterday to a niche (academic) community that is moving from Twitter. 18k migrants in the 30 hours since it opened up with virtually linear gr

by tomrod 4y ago

I finally joined yesterday to a niche (academic) community that is moving from Twitter. 18k migrants in the 30 hours since it opened up with virtually linear growth. I can search other similar niche communities and they are seeing similar growth. It's not seeming like much of a desert, and is just starting to benefit from network effects as some of the more known members of the community announce their moves.

OscarCunningham 4y ago
Right. I'm on the mathematics server https://mathstodon.xyz/ https://mathstodon.xyz/ and it's already feeling like a big community.
- arjvik 4y ago
  How do you get invited?
  - OscarCunningham 4y ago
    Existing users can generate an invite link: https://mathstodon.xyz/invite/5nKykTB6 https://mathstodon.xyz/invite/5nKykTB6 If it doesn't work then check back in a day or two, many servers are struggling at the moment but the mathstodon admins are scaling up now. Or you can join any other instance since any account can follow any other account regardless of instance. The main advantage of mathstodon is LaTeX support.
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earthscienceman 4y ago
What's the community of academics? I haven't joined Twitter specifically because I think it's a horrible medium for communicating science or meeting with academics. Can you point me there?
- detaro 4y ago
  Just from a quick look, no claim to completeness, intentionally including also small ones: https://fediscience.org/ https://fediscience.org/ https://vis.social/ https://vis.social/ https://mstdn.science/ https://mstdn.science/ https://astrodon.social/ https://astrodon.social/ https://mapstodon.space/ https://mapstodon.space/ currently not taking signups: https://scholar.social/ https://scholar.social/ https://scicomm.xyz/ https://scicomm.xyz/
  - notpushkin 4y ago
    https://qoto.org/ https://qoto.org/ is another really nice instance oriented on STEM. It adds some features like LaTeX and Markdown support (not sure how well do those federate though).
  - baq 4y ago
    How do I follow a server with an account on a different server? I don’t want to register on multiple servers since it’s a hassle…
    - detaro 4y ago
      not sure what you mean by "follow a server"? You can interact with/follow people on other servers from yours.
      - baq 4y ago
        That’s the thing, I don’t really want to find people to follow, I guess? Not out of band at least. First I need to find a few of their posts. How do I do that?
        hairofadog 4y ago
        Follow a hashtag. Posts from various different servers will show up in your feed, and you can follow people by just clicking “follow”.
      - 4y ago
dhruvdh 4y ago
Could you share the name of the server?

by tomrod 4y ago

OscarCunningham 4y ago

Right. I'm on the mathematics server https://mathstodon.xyz/ https://mathstodon.xyz/ and it's already feeling like a big community.

arjvik 4y ago
How do you get invited?
- OscarCunningham 4y ago
  Existing users can generate an invite link: https://mathstodon.xyz/invite/5nKykTB6 https://mathstodon.xyz/invite/5nKykTB6 If it doesn't work then check back in a day or two, many servers are struggling at the moment but the mathstodon admins are scaling up now. Or you can join any other instance since any account can follow any other account regardless of instance. The main advantage of mathstodon is LaTeX support.
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earthscienceman 4y ago

What's the community of academics? I haven't joined Twitter specifically because I think it's a horrible medium for communicating science or meeting with academics. Can you point me there?

detaro 4y ago
Just from a quick look, no claim to completeness, intentionally including also small ones: https://fediscience.org/ https://fediscience.org/ https://vis.social/ https://vis.social/ https://mstdn.science/ https://mstdn.science/ https://astrodon.social/ https://astrodon.social/ https://mapstodon.space/ https://mapstodon.space/ currently not taking signups: https://scholar.social/ https://scholar.social/ https://scicomm.xyz/ https://scicomm.xyz/
- notpushkin 4y ago
  https://qoto.org/ https://qoto.org/ is another really nice instance oriented on STEM. It adds some features like LaTeX and Markdown support (not sure how well do those federate though).
- baq 4y ago
  How do I follow a server with an account on a different server? I don’t want to register on multiple servers since it’s a hassle…
  - detaro 4y ago
    not sure what you mean by "follow a server"? You can interact with/follow people on other servers from yours.
    - baq 4y ago
      That’s the thing, I don’t really want to find people to follow, I guess? Not out of band at least. First I need to find a few of their posts. How do I do that?
      - hairofadog 4y ago
        Follow a hashtag. Posts from various different servers will show up in your feed, and you can follow people by just clicking “follow”.
    - 4y ago

dhruvdh 4y ago

Could you share the name of the server?