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<https://glammr.us/> for GLAMs. If you don’t like the default client, there are very useful services like https://phanpy.social<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<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15Ak4VHCnr_4Stkzkz-_RhOgX-jCJMt0oq0GN9XXDaKo/edit?gid=229844055#gid=229844055> 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-... We’ll be glad to welcome you on Mastodon, Give a shout ! @[email protected] Emmanuel Château-Dutier Professeur agrégé T. +1 (514) 343-6026 [email protected] Faculté des arts et des sciences, Département d’histoire de l’art, de cinéma et des médias audiovisuels Université de Montréal Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, Bureau C-2067 3200, av. Jean-Brillant, Montréal QC C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal QC H3C 3J7 Le 28 nov. 2024 à 09:43, Laura Estill <[email protected]> a écrit : Hi All, I’ve just made a Canadian Digital Humanities starter pack for Bluesky: https://go.bsky.app/ScSDoUB It’s for people, projects, and centres based in Canada—if you’d like to be added, reply to my post here: https://bsky.app/profile/lauraestill.bsky.social/post/3lbzcdymfl425 Laura Dr. Laura Estill Professor of English St. Francis Xavier University Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities _______________________________________________ Csdh-schn-members mailing list -- [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>