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I wonder if this is the start of other companies spinning up their own Mastodon instances. I think it makes a lot of sense for Medium to do so, specifically for

by gen3 4y ago

I wonder if this is the start of other companies spinning up their own Mastodon instances. I think it makes a lot of sense for Medium to do so, specifically for communication to the writers that's not attached to a specific post. Archive.org has their own instance @ https://mastodon.archive.org https://mastodon.archive.org

ceejayoz 4y ago
I hope so. News and governmental organizations should consider it, as it pretty effectively solves the "verification" issues.
- gen3 4y ago
  Interesting idea. You would have a similar problem that you have with email. It's hard to own a fake .gov email, but many people could be tricked by something like mastodongov.com (which is still currently for sale)
  - jrm4 4y ago
    All relative of course. Eli Lilly.
- ttepasse 4y ago
  Both the European Union and the German Federal Government have their own Mastodon servers, for official accounts under to the respective official domains: https://social.network.europa.eu/explore https://social.network.europa.eu/explore https://social.bund.de/explore https://social.bund.de/explore
riffic 4y ago
so does thoughtworks and MIT https://toot.thoughtworks.com https://toot.thoughtworks.com https://mastodon.mit.edu https://mastodon.mit.edu
- Tijdreiziger 4y ago
  And the European Union https://social.network.europa.eu/about https://social.network.europa.eu/about
  - Vinnl 4y ago
    Mozilla is planning to: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse...
pbronez 4y ago
I have a thread going where I note Fediverse activity of Serious Credible Organizations. Medium is a stretch, but I added them because they at least have Serious Funding. https://hachyderm.io/@PeterBronez/109552198943104609 https://hachyderm.io/@PeterBronez/109552198943104609 Current list is: The Internet Archive Open Street Map Open Source Initiative Mozilla (planned) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Medium
- Semaphor 4y ago
  Isn’t the EU at least a bit credible? ;) https://social.network.europa.eu/ https://social.network.europa.eu/
MR4D 4y ago
Mastodon/ActivityPub have a great opportunity to become a nice compliment to RSS as a more open internet. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out as more entities take this approach.
tonystubblebine 4y ago
Yes. I think what we (Medium) are doing is more along the lines of being a tools/service provider. But my understanding is that all media orgs are thinking about launching their own instance. That would be a form of verified accounts among other things. For example, I believe this in progress instance is the real Hearst: https://hearst.social/directory https://hearst.social/directory
A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
In a sense, it is not different from FB, Twitter et all presence. Part of me is happy about it; part of me fears that even this little nugget of space that was relatively too obscure until now will be absorbed by the mainstream craziness.

by gen3 4y ago

ceejayoz 4y ago

I hope so. News and governmental organizations should consider it, as it pretty effectively solves the "verification" issues.

gen3 4y ago
Interesting idea. You would have a similar problem that you have with email. It's hard to own a fake .gov email, but many people could be tricked by something like mastodongov.com (which is still currently for sale)
- jrm4 4y ago
  All relative of course. Eli Lilly.
ttepasse 4y ago
Both the European Union and the German Federal Government have their own Mastodon servers, for official accounts under to the respective official domains: https://social.network.europa.eu/explore https://social.network.europa.eu/explore https://social.bund.de/explore https://social.bund.de/explore

riffic 4y ago

so does thoughtworks and MIT https://toot.thoughtworks.com https://toot.thoughtworks.com https://mastodon.mit.edu https://mastodon.mit.edu

Tijdreiziger 4y ago
And the European Union https://social.network.europa.eu/about https://social.network.europa.eu/about
- Vinnl 4y ago
  Mozilla is planning to: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse...

pbronez 4y ago

I have a thread going where I note Fediverse activity of Serious Credible Organizations. Medium is a stretch, but I added them because they at least have Serious Funding. https://hachyderm.io/@PeterBronez/109552198943104609 https://hachyderm.io/@PeterBronez/109552198943104609 Current list is: The Internet Archive Open Street Map Open Source Initiative Mozilla (planned) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Medium

Semaphor 4y ago
Isn’t the EU at least a bit credible? ;) https://social.network.europa.eu/ https://social.network.europa.eu/

MR4D 4y ago

Mastodon/ActivityPub have a great opportunity to become a nice compliment to RSS as a more open internet. Looking forward to seeing how this plays out as more entities take this approach.

tonystubblebine 4y ago

Yes. I think what we (Medium) are doing is more along the lines of being a tools/service provider. But my understanding is that all media orgs are thinking about launching their own instance. That would be a form of verified accounts among other things. For example, I believe this in progress instance is the real Hearst: https://hearst.social/directory https://hearst.social/directory

A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago

In a sense, it is not different from FB, Twitter et all presence. Part of me is happy about it; part of me fears that even this little nugget of space that was relatively too obscure until now will be absorbed by the mainstream craziness.