Here's my first Mastodon post!

@hpod16

likely the same way as during the last 30 years: If enough "big players" move to a new social network, their peer groups will also move.

Main problem for marketing in the Fediverse:

no amplifying algorithms
no ads you can buy

And we like to talk and discuss a lot, and perhaps you can sell a thing you create, because people are interested, but "BUY MY SHINY PRODUCT" doesn't work well.

@hpod16
Welcome to the fediverse

@hpod16 @nihkeys Yeah it’s like a mix of a video game forum and early Twitter, great stuff. Following and blocking hashtags makes it easy to find new people to follow and keeps your blood pressure lower

@SteveThompson good morning and thanks for the music!

Refreshing that YouTube embeds over here... I remember when Facebook used to do this.

Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?

@hpod16 Cat pictures, discussions about Linux and Star Trek memes are a good way to start.

@benjamincox are dog pictures okay too?

@echopapa
I only just realised I haven't seen a single ad on here yet! How refreshing.

I think Marketing is a problem. No big company behind Mastodon means no big marketing budget, means less people hear about the company.

I'm doing my bit, spreading by word of mouth.

Everytime I see someone complain that there is no European Social media in the comments sections of the EU accounts, I point them to the EC Mastodon. It's a start, but you need celebrities on board, really.

Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?

@gagagoogle @Mastodon
But how? How can developers prepare for a fascist take-over?
Better mod services? Algorithms that don't polarise? What else?

@hpod16 Absolutely! The more, the better!

@hpod16 @Mastodon
It could be hindered if there was more possibilities for server-owners to identify bad actors on their servers.

Since moderation is not cheap. It could instead be done with help from the users, by adding a "report abuse"-button to each post. Any user could then flag any post.

The server-owner should be able to mark some users as "trustworthy" giving their abuse-reports some sort of priority and the opposite too, "untrustworthy" for users who abuse this reporting system.

@gelbphoenix @karlos would be cool if the European Parliament created a Mastodon Instance, and offered all MEPs (Members of the Parliament) the ability to create an account on their instance. I know some social media savvy MEPs would appreciate that... It's a good idea you have there!

@hpod16 @Mastodon Any open servers should also have a "panic button" to stop new members to register en masse. It could be an algoritm that notices a surge of new members, and automatically blocks new registration for 24h, so the server owner can add Email-verification, "Captcha" and/ or "only member-referals" feature for new members.

@hpod16 @Mastodon Any open servers should also have a "panic button" to stop new members to register en masse. It could be an algoritm that notices a surge of new members, and automatically blocks new registration for 24h, so the server owner can add Email-verification, "Captcha" and/ or "only member-referals" feature for new members.

Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?

@nitrml @der_schrank mhhh I wasn’t aware of this complication… how would I test out how this share button works?

@der_schrank @hpod16 easiest way would probably be to post a link to an article, asking people to use different fediverse software to try the share button, and have them reply

@hpod16 @gelbphoenix @karlos cc/ @EUCommission @isaacsousa @arroz

Here's my first Mastodon post!
My mission out here? To understand and promote Mastodon, the only large European social media platform (to my knowledge).
How can we make more Europeans come to the Fediverse?