[ripe-list] Mastodon for the RIPE Community

This is just datapoint...

https://connect.geant.org/2024/04/29/geant-is-ceasing-activities-on-x-fka-twitter

This also have links to other NRENs and Universities that did the same...

Also regarding the "20,000 followers" - I think this wrong metric, but I am
not a social media expert, so I don't know how to cleanup this list to remove
dead accounts (like GÉANT above) and bots to understand what's the
actual number of people you are reaching this way.

Cheers,
--
Ondřej Surý (He/Him)
ondrej at sury.org

> On 29. 4. 2024, at 11:57, Ulka Athale <uathale at ripe.net> wrote:
> 
> Regarding the ethics of being on Twitter, or any other social media
> platform, we need to consider the risk of our absence. The official
> RIPE NCC accounts have nearly 20,000 followers and social media
> remains an important way for us to reach people who might not be
> reading our emails. No longer maintaining an active presence leaves us
> open to the risk of copycat accounts (which has been a concern ever
> since Twitter changed its verification system), and might make us less
> accessible to the many people and organisations who continue to use
> it. We have a responsibility to remain open and reachable.