An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon (for when someone says it's too complicated to catch on)

JustinHanagan@kbin.social to Fediverse@lemmy.world – 173 points –
An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon
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PS- The "real" (non-joke) full guide for the Masto-curious is here.

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Bit of a self fulfilling prophecy there

Gotta get people on it in order to have people on it. Doesn't happen overnight. A handful of people I followed elsewhere have now moved to Mastodon, but it took some time for that to happen

Yep. "Slowly, then all at once".

Personally, I think once the journalists and news orgs (finally) get on board, that will inspire government agencies to make the change, and that will be the true tipping point away from 𝕏.

Journos don't lead, they follow. While ostensibly they're on Twitter to promote their articles, in practice they're there to follow politicians and keep an eye on trending hashtags.

Something buzzworthy needs to happen on the Fediverse first.

Aren't a few news organizations moving over already? I've seen a handful of local journalists shift too