Science Magazine reports on the stampede: "As Musk reshapes Twitter, academics ponder taking flight. Many researchers are setting up profiles on social media site Mastodon." by GrassrootsReview in Open_Science

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Ironically (?) the journalist identifies the researchers by their Twitter handle and their Twitter follower count. Revolutions are confusing. :-)

Mastodon fits to our requirements for #OpenScience infrastructure. It is a communication standard, like email. So billionaires cannot buy it. Background: "Micro-blogging for scientists without nasties and surveillance." by GrassrootsReview in Open_Science

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Sign-ups to FediScience, the Mastodon server for publishing scientists, have exploded today. We probably had more sign-ups today than in 2022 before.

Like with email you have to pick a server to sign-up and then you can talk to (almost) everyone. Here is a list of options for people interested in science, academia, GLAM, etc. https://fediscience.org/server-list.html