Ellis Crawford @EllisCrawford@social.cleverlibre.org

I'm seeing more memes here. That means this platform is tending towards a stable state.

I read this elsewhere: If trusted news outlets would start offering #Mastodon instances to their staff, that would bring some sort of verification and visibility. Think social.nytimes.com, social.heise.de etc. I'd love to read more from trusted journalists on the #fediverse and this could greatly help. (Again, not my idea but couldn't find the original author.) Boosts for visibility would be great. Reminder: Favorites don't help as on this other platform.

My biggest tip for new fedi users is that when people say there's no recommendation algorithm here, they mean it. You really have to work to find things you enjoy, your timeline's not gonna curate itself. Follow lots of people to grow your network and find new people through their boosted posts. Then feel free to unfollow or even block anything you don't vibe with. This is your online space and you can do whatever you want with it.

For those that don't know me, hi! I'm Rachel and I'm a science teacher, specialising in Chemistry 🧪 I recently got married to my favourite person and gained myself a second surname ❤️

Prior to teaching I worked in Sales of portable Chemical, Biological and Radiation detection/identification equipment ☢️⚗️☣️🧫

I studied Chemistry at the University of Sussex, and I graduated from my PhD in Synthetic Organic/Medicinal Chemistry (Uni. Southampton) in 2019 👩‍🔬

I love all things science, animals and nature, and can usually be found in the evenings cuddling my cats, snake or gecko (whilst most probably watching the US Office repeatedly 😂) 🐈‍⬛🐈🦎🐍🍁🍂🌳

Today I learned something about boustrophedon, a way of writing that alternates in the direction of writing line by line. It was a common way of writing in ancient Greece. Not only was the direction of writing flexible in early epigraphic use, the alignment of the individual letters was not yet universally defined. The town charter of Gortys - one of the oldest European statutes - is bustrophedic carved on the wall of the Odeion in the ancient city of Gortys in Crete.

Hello #scicomm people!

I’m a medicinal chemist at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, so my day job is designing and making new chemicals with the hope of coming up with new medicines to treat cancer patients. I also teach in this topic at UCL.

I work as part of teams with scientists across disciplines, so looking forward to meeting a broad range of people on here!

#introduction #chemistry #medchem #drugdiscovery #cancer

Ok, #TwitterMigration folks, I see a lot of people asking, "How do I find people on other servers on #Mastodon or the #fediverse.

Well, here's my #Feditip of how I went from 1 person alone on robot.rodeo to having almost 2,000 interesting people to follow in about 8 months...

A thread... 1/x

finally, another platform to post tuna pictures

Good morning! Time for a proper #introduction.
I'm Anne. I'm a #geoscience professor who studies #hydrology and #geomorphology, especially how cities & #climatechange alter the way #water and #sediment moves. I care a lot about #mentoring students & #ECR, #publicengagement, #scicomm, and #JEDI.

I'm also a mom to 3, dog lover, & hiker. And I take often selfies in front of water. This is not a selfie though.

#Mastodon #feditips

Flowchart describing the visibility of a public toot per use case.

#Violet is elite level when it comes to cozy.

Hello, @Mastodon 👋 A quick #intro

I'm a #science and #technology journalist and an editor at MIT Technology Review, where I commission articles from writers, journalists, and experts. I covered #chips for a few years and have a special interest, in #physics, #materials, #space, and the intersection of technology and society.

Among other things, you'll see me post about our print magazine every couple of months. The latest issue just came out https://www.technologyreview.com/magazines/the-mortality-issue/

Hi all: Less Twitter #migration and more Mastodon exploration. I’m a university professor, technology educator, data analyst, and futurist. I’m intrigued by all things #tech ; #data ; #programming ; #iot ; #ai ; #entrepreneurship ; #neuroscience ; #outdoors ; #biking ; #photography and many other things I have yet to discover! Filed under: #electrical #engineer currently living in a #business college world.

So the unofficial poll suggests that #ChemToots is preferred among the small sample of 46 voters.

Meanwhile, a few other front runners have emerged... So what say all of you?

Now that I have a better idea of what I'm doing and the need for using tags, a re-#introduction.

I'm a #planetary and #environmental #geologist and currently a #postdoc at NAU.

My #research includes performing #fieldwork using #arctic, #subarctic, and #alpine #periglacial analogs to better understand the history of #ice on #Mars.

I'm also into #photography and the #weather.

I'm interested in re-connecting with folks in the #geoscience and #astronomy communities making the #TwitterMigration

It’s funny how different the mood is on the two apps.

Here, people are excited and curious, helping each other figure things out, making connections, offering advice, re-assembling communities & networks, and an overall optimism about non-corporate social media.

Back on birdapp, it’s a mix of gloom and doom combined with comments about how awful Mastodon is.

Maybe this will combust, implode, fail, and be forgotten. But I’m glad we’re here together, now. #TwitterMigration