Worth a read: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/
"Our intention is to contribute to the healthy and sustainable growth of a federated social space that doesn’t just operate but thrives on its own terms, independent of profit- and control-motivated tech firms. An open, decentralized, and global social service that puts the needs of people first is not only possible, but it’s absolutely necessary." I don't think Wikimedia Foundation should get into the social media business, but it should IMO absolutely maintain an organizational presence on the fediverse (Mastodon & friends). It's a bit sad that the only social media profiles linked from https://wikimediafoundation.org/ are corporate ones -- especially as it's becoming quite clear that the fediverse is emerging as a singularly credible [1] alternative to Twitter, which is being run into the ground by its new owner. In other words, it would be wonderful to see a similar forward-looking statement & associated actions from Wikimedia Foundation soon :-). Erik [1] See, e.g., https://www.deweysquare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DSG-Snapshot-of-the-Twitter-Migration-December-12-2022.pdf for some number-crunching on where folks are and aren't going. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/2GCFIDLW7IP3D4QWHW3UHBIQVFGV6UN5/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
