Will #ScienceTwitter🐦 -> #ScienceMastodon🐘 work?
The response to this was massive & my #Mastodon has gone from a quiet void to a science party in just 3 days!
Many are worried about servers, network effects & losing followers
Follow these tricks to make it work for you! 🧵
1. Find your friends on #Mastodon 👯👯
If you want your followers to find you, put your #Mastodon handle in your Twitter bio, otherwise this doesn't work!
Go to http://fedifinder.glitch.me & insert your handles
It will create a csv of #Mastodon handles of who you follow on Twitter
2. Sync your Twitter & #Mastodon account 🔁
Many won't want to give up Twitter yet (or ever), but doing 2 platforms is challenging
There's a simple tool to cross-post: https://moa.party 🎉
Everything you post on #Mastodon will show on Twitter & vice-versa 🤩
3. Choosing servers 🖥️
The server you choose doesn't matter - it's all connected. So I don't agree with arguments that this will limit discussion to an "in-group" - there's no difference to Twitter
If you would like to switch servers later on ➡️ https://bit.ly/3flG3oh
If you'd like to be on a science server, there are options:
🔹http://mstdn.science
🔹http://fediscience.org
🔹http://scicomm.xyz
🔹http://scholar.social
If you haven't set up your account, check this thread on the first steps 👇
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RT @d_brueckner
There's been lots of talk on moving #ScienceTwitter to another platform
As scientists, we should make informed decisions & not accept status quo - so what are the options? I checked out open-sou…
https://twitter.com/d_brueckner/status/1586720947704299520
4. Follow preprint bots 🤖
We'll have to wait for journals to join us (@eLife @mbeisen we're waiting for you 💚) but arXiv and biorXiv bots are already there!
🔹@arxiv_physics
🔹@arxiv_bio
🔹@bioRxiv_biophys (thanks to @JoscelynEtienne)
5. Mobile apps 📳
The web app is working fine for me, but there are apps you can choose from. Apparently the best are
🔹iOS: Toot!
🔹Android: @Fedilab_app or http://tusky.app
or check http://joinmastodon.org/apps
TL;DR
👯 Find friends
🖥️ Pick any server
🔁 Sync accounts
🤖 Follow preprint bots
📳 Get an app!
If you found this useful, please RT the first tweet!
Follow me @d_brueckner and http://mas.to/@DavidBrueckner for more tips & science!
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RT @d_brueckner
Will #ScienceTwitter🐦 -> #ScienceMastodon🐘 work?
The response to this was massive & my #Mastodon has gone from a quiet void to a science party in just 3 days!
Many are worried about ser…
https://twitter.com/d_brueckner/status/1587760601559961600
@DavidBrueckner What does "sync accounts" mean/do?
@jerlich tweets your toots and toots your tweets ;)
Check moa.party website
@DavidBrueckner @briannosek has a good argument about not continuing to produce content for Twitter.
