[ripe-list] Mastodon for the RIPE Community

On 2 May 2024, at 09:48, Ondřej Surý <ondrej at sury.org> wrote:
> 
> 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...
> 

I was going to share the same news, yesterday. It seems that GEANT is going to stay with two active channels, LinkedIn and Mastodon. In my opinion, Mastodon's architecture is more suitable for diverse communities, and it seems like LinkedIn is slowly turning into a Facebook clone. I believe that Meta Threads' fediverse promise should also be considered as an option. 

Just like GEANT, which is keeping their X/Twitter accounts and occasionally posting there, I suggest that NCC should consider doing the same. It is nice to explore more platforms, but these three should definitely be considered.

> 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.
> 

True, that.  If we can measure engagement (likes, saves, and retweets) then its a better metric.

> Cheers,
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> 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.
> 
> 
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