<p>Best <a href="/tags/ios/" rel="tag">#iOS</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> app?</p><p>I am a recent apple convert hence the cluelessness.</p>
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<p>Zeroes.ca is a COVID-aware Glitch Mastodon server hosted in Canada, open to people from anywhere in the world. </p><p>This server has a post size of up to 5000 characters, and up to 8 poll options.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://zeroes.ca" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>zeroes.ca</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://zeroes.ca/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>zeroes.ca/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://zeroes.ca/@zeroes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zeroes</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/covid19/" rel="tag">#COVID19</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/glitch/" rel="tag">#Glitch</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/glitchmastodon/" rel="tag">#GlitchMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>
<p>Mountains.social is a Mastodon server focusing on hiking, mountaineering, climbing, backpacking and the outdoors:</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://mountains.social" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mountains.social</a></p><p>Mountains.social has an extended post size of 2362 characters per post.</p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://mountains.social/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mountains.social/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mountains.social/@bergmeister" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bergmeister</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/mountains/" rel="tag">#Mountains</a> <a href="/tags/climbing/" rel="tag">#Climbing</a> <a href="/tags/mountaineering/" rel="tag">#Mountaineering</a> <a href="/tags/hiking/" rel="tag">#Hiking</a> <a href="/tags/backpacking/" rel="tag">#Backpacking</a> <a href="/tags/outdoors/" rel="tag">#Outdoors</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>
<p>Bringing this highly requested feature to <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming. Here is our latest write-up about our progress:</p><p><a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/</span></a></p>
<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.world/@WorldTravelerAll7/115594710015047999" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.world/@WorldTravelerAll7/115594710015047999"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.world/@WorldTravelerA</span><span class="invisible">ll7/115594710015047999</span></a></p><p>Is there anyone on <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> who has any ideas on this? anyone know people who produce merch only for "blue" customers?</p><p>I know most businesses are just opportunistic for money, but some (like me) will only provide products or services to good/blue people. That's what i am looking for if anyone has any suggestions</p><p>𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶💙</p>
<p>Zijn er betrouwbare cijfers van <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> gebruik in NL? Maandelijks actieve gebruikers, demografische kenmerken etc?</p>
<p>TurtleIsland.social is an Indigenous owned and operated Mastodon server for Indigenous people. TurtleIsland.social is ad-free, corporate-free, bigotry-free, and culture respectful.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://turtleisland.social" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>turtleisland.social</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://turtleisland.social/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>turtleisland.social/about</a> or contact the admin account <span class="h-card"><a href="https://turtleisland.social/@TurtleIsland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TurtleIsland</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/firstnation/" rel="tag">#FirstNation</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>
<p>Kind of a weird question, but I’ve never seen it documented anywhere…</p><p>How does the “News” tab on <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a>’s explore page work?</p>
<p>Embarrassed to say I completely missed the publication of this project site for Mastodon’s fedidiscovery project. </p><p>It aims to improve searching and discovery of content across instances work in an opt-in, decentralized manner.</p><p><a href="https://www.fediscovery.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.fediscovery.org/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a></p>
<p>while localizing names of languages supported by <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> had to look up these two special cases</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaibalan" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaibalan"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaibal</span><span class="invisible">an</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1adan" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1adan"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1a</span><span class="invisible">dan</span></a></p>
<p>Tonight, on John Oliver's Last Week Tonight, <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> and <a href="/tags/pixelfed/" rel="tag">#PixelFed</a> got a call out for not falling in line with Trump and as an alternative to Meta products.<br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/johnmastodon/" rel="tag">#JohnMastodon</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/plushtodon/" rel="tag">#Plushtodon</a> has finally arrived! They are soo adorable and cute!!! <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/mastodon.social/blobaww.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobaww:" title=":blobaww:"> Totally friend-shaped. Already made themselves at home, too! <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/mastodon.social/blobmiou.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobmiou:" title=":blobmiou:"></p><p><a href="/tags/caturday/" rel="tag">#Caturday</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#Cats</a> <a href="/tags/katzen/" rel="tag">#Katzen</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a></p>
is there any good way to bridge <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> to IRC that works with <a href="/tags/snac/" rel="tag">#snac</a>?<br>Sadly bitlbee is not an option because snac doesn't support the streaming api 😕<br>
<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SabiLewSounds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SabiLewSounds</span></a></span> & fam are <a href="/tags/disabled/" rel="tag">#disabled</a>, <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a>, <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#homeless</a></p><p>Hotel past due</p><p>EOD is 6PM ET</p><p>It's 3:30 now</p><p>Hotel had been due at 11AM ET</p><p><a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/sabilewsounds/" rel="tag">#SabiLewSounds</a> <a href="/tags/supportdisabledartists/" rel="tag">#SupportDisabledArtists</a> <a href="/tags/wekeepussafe/" rel="tag">#WeKeepUsSafe</a> <a href="/tags/communitycares/" rel="tag">#CommunityCares</a> <a href="/tags/collectivecare/" rel="tag">#CollectiveCare</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidsaveslives/" rel="tag">#MutualAidSavesLives</a> <a href="/tags/showupforwishes/" rel="tag">#ShowUpForWishes</a> <a href="/tags/helpfolkslive2025/" rel="tag">#HelpFolksLive2025</a> <a href="/tags/savepeoplenotbillionaires/" rel="tag">#SavePeopleNotBillionaires</a> <a href="/tags/savepeoplenotprofits/" rel="tag">#SavePeopleNotProfits</a> <a href="/tags/indigenousmutualaid/" rel="tag">#IndigenousMutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/alt4me/" rel="tag">#ALT4me</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#Boost</a></p><p>@disability <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MutualAidVisibility" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MutualAidVisibility</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MutualAidNet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MutualAidNet</span></a></span> @mutualaid <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@smote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>smote</span></a></span> @disability</p>
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<p>Socel is a Mastodon server for animation professionals, freelancers, independents, students and fans to connect and grow together. Everyone in related fields are also welcome.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://socel.net" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>socel.net</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://socel.net/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>socel.net/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://socel.net/@admin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>admin</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/animation/" rel="tag">#Animation</a> <a href="/tags/animators/" rel="tag">#Animators</a> <a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#Anime</a> <a href="/tags/cartoons/" rel="tag">#Cartoons</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>
<p>Why does your <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> instance say “Nothing is trending right now. Check back later!”</p><p>We went straight to the source (code)!</p><p><a href="https://fedihost.co/blog/slug/my-explore-tab-is-empty" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedihost.co/blog/slug/my-explore-tab-is-empty"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedihost.co/blog/slug/my-explo</span><span class="invisible">re-tab-is-empty</span></a></p>
<p>DJs.social is a Mastodon server for DJs of any kind, be it in the club, radio, mobile sound-systems, livestreaming etc. Also related fields welcome.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://djs.social" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>djs.social</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://djs.social/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>djs.social/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://djs.social/@luka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>luka</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/djs/" rel="tag">#DJs</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/djmusic/" rel="tag">#DJMusic</a> <a href="/tags/clubdj/" rel="tag">#ClubDJ</a> <a href="/tags/radiodj/" rel="tag">#RadioDJ</a> <a href="/tags/soundsystems/" rel="tag">#SoundSystems</a> <a href="/tags/radio/" rel="tag">#Radio</a> <a href="/tags/clubbing/" rel="tag">#Clubbing</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>
<a href="https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/clarifying_costs_of_running_the_fediverse_with_jerry_from_infosec.exchange" rel="nofollow">Clarifying Costs of Running the Fediverse with Jerry from Infosec.Exchange</a><br><br>I decided since I don't understand how all of this works, I will just simply ask Jerry personally about all of this data and technical details, so that people will no longer be confused about all of this.
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<p>When did you ORIGINALLY join Mastodon and/or the Fediverse?</p><p>If you don't remember when you joined, simply comment below and tell me!</p><p>Please BOOST for maximum exposure to the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/poll/" rel="tag">#Poll</a> <a href="/tags/polls/" rel="tag">#Polls</a> <a href="/tags/potd/" rel="tag">#POTD</a> <a href="/tags/question/" rel="tag">#Question</a> <a href="/tags/questions/" rel="tag">#Questions</a> <a href="/tags/qotd/" rel="tag">#QOTD</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/join/" rel="tag">#Join</a> <a href="/tags/joindate/" rel="tag">#JoinDate</a></p>
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<p>Mograph.social is a Mastodon server for the motion design community including 3D graphics, VFX artists, CGI, animators, designers and artists that are interested in moving images.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://mograph.social" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mograph.social</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://mograph.social/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mograph.social/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mograph.social/@MographAdmin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MographAdmin</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/3dgraphics/" rel="tag">#3DGraphics</a> <a href="/tags/vfx/" rel="tag">#VFX</a> <a href="/tags/cgi/" rel="tag">#CGI</a> <a href="/tags/motiondesign/" rel="tag">#MotionDesign</a> <a href="/tags/animation/" rel="tag">#Animation</a> <a href="/tags/effects/" rel="tag">#Effects</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>
<p>🦃 Happy 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! 🍁</p><p>This week's Nov 27-Dec 4 THU-THU🐘 <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/watchpartycalendar/" rel="tag">#WatchPartyCalendar</a> 📅 starts ⏰ Noon US ET and goes all day with special holiday events!📺</p><p>🚨Details & 🔗➡️ <a href="http://bit.ly/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>bit.ly/</a>& MastodonWatchParties<br>⏰️All times US Eastern</p><p><a href="/tags/westerns/" rel="tag">#Westerns</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/mysteries/" rel="tag">#Mysteries</a> <a href="/tags/action/" rel="tag">#Action</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a> <a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#anime</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/filmmastodon/" rel="tag">#FilmMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/cinemastodon/" rel="tag">#CineMastodon</a> </p><p>Thankful for the hosts! 🍁 <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MatthewTitus88" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MatthewTitus88</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@MirrorAyako" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MirrorAyako</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Taweret</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>analgesicsleep</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rsmon77" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rsmon77</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lazybear.social/@hyde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hyde</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lilymarswrites" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lilymarswrites</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@clickhere" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>clickhere</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://live.literalgrill.com/federation/user/GrillChill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GrillChill</span></a></span></p>
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<p>Besides the dozens of <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> apps on the <a href="/tags/appstore/" rel="tag">#AppStore</a> I've found seven <a href="/tags/lemmy/" rel="tag">#lemmy</a> apps, four <a href="/tags/pixelfed/" rel="tag">#pixelfed</a> apps, and two <a href="/tags/neodb/" rel="tag">#neodb</a> apps!</p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/technicat/lemmy-ios" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/technicat/lemmy-ios"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/technicat/lemmy-i</span><span class="invisible">os</span></a><br><a href="https://codeberg.org/technicat/pixelfed-ios" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/technicat/pixelfed-ios"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/technicat/pixelfe</span><span class="invisible">d-ios</span></a><br><a href="https://codeberg.org/technicat/neodb-ios" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="codeberg.org/technicat/neodb-ios"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/technicat/neodb-i</span><span class="invisible">os</span></a></p>
<p>Join the Fedizens! Isn't it time to leave legacy social media and start afresh? 👉 <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fedizen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fedizen</span></a></span> <a href="https://Fedizen.EU" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>Fedizen.EU</a></p><p><a href="/tags/noads/" rel="tag">#NoAds</a>, <a href="/tags/nomanipulation/" rel="tag">#NoManipulation</a> 🚫 Big Tech shapes opinions through targeted ads and polarizing content: <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#Opensource</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> empowers <a href="/tags/communities/" rel="tag">#communities</a> with transparent <a href="/tags/moderation/" rel="tag">#moderation</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/better/" rel="tag">#Better</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> 🧠 Research shows that algorithm-driven feeds fuel anxiety and addiction: <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> platforms, like <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a>, avoid manipulative engagement tactics. (1/2)</p>
<p>I opened a Bluesky account yesterday, and I don't think I've ever been repelled by a platform quite so quickly. The people I interacted with are fine, but the interface and experience are just so... *twitter.* After acclimating to Mastodon, there's just no going back for me. Thank you all for contributing to this amazing platform/community. 💜</p><p><a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#bluesky</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/twitter/" rel="tag">#twitter</a> <a href="/tags/x/" rel="tag">#x</a></p>
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<p>🆕 Out now: our study on <a href="/tags/academic/" rel="tag">#academic</a> staff engagement on <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a></p><p>🔗 Summary<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15582839" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15582839"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1558283</span><span class="invisible">9</span></a> </p><p>💡 While Mastodon is valued for its ethical positioning, continued engagement hinges more on social and institutional dynamics than on technical features alone</p><p>➡️Ethical concerns drive adoption<br>➡️Peer presence matters more for staying than joining<br>➡️Academic institutions could be game-changers by leading adoption instead of waiting for grassroots growth</p><p><a href="/tags/openscience/" rel="tag">#OpenScience</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/academicmastodon/" rel="tag">#AcademicMastodon</a></p>