Hello,

I find it very unfortunate to dive once again into the lion’s den when viable and effective alternatives like Mastodon exist. Bluesky is still a private company, and there is no guarantee that we won’t witness the same toxic pitfalls as with Twitter.

A large portion of the digital humanities community has already migrated to Mastodon. It’s user-friendly, truly decentralized, and designed to combat dependency and toxicity. But more than anything, it’s a platform we own.

Several instances are dedicated to the humanities, such as https://sciences.social/about or https://glammr.us for GLAMs. If you don’t like the default client, there are very useful services like https://phanpy.social.

Here are some resources:

• Mastodon Quick Start Guide for Humanities Scholars: https://hcommons.org/docs/mastodon-quick-start-guide-for-humanities-scholars/

• Quinn Dombrowski - A Week With Mastodon: https://quinndombrowski.com/blog/2022/11/06/a-week-with-mastodon/

• Academics on Mastodon: https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon

• DH People on Mastodon by Quinn Dombrowski: Google Spreadsheet

Here’s a very interesting article about the technical and ethical aspects of Bluesky and Mastodon:

Why Media Outlets Should Create Mastodon Servers Now: https://blogs.mediapart.fr/gaetan-le-feuvre/blog/291124/pourquoi-les-medias-devraient-creer-des-serveurs-mastodon-maintenant

We’ll be glad to welcome you on Mastodon, Give a shout !

@emchateau@mamot.fr