After Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, many scientists report the platform is no longer suitable for professional use. A recent survey indicates that researchers are increasingly turning to Bluesky, which they view as more useful, welcoming, and aligned with their goals.
The fediverse is hostile to ‘professionals’, and missing several features bluesky has, it is not a good replacement for them.
Couldn’t there be an association of professional societies that run their own mastodon instance and can control membership and federation?
By ‘professionals’, do we mean Only Fans content creator? I haven’t tried hard enough to find them, but I assumed they’re here?
I follow many professional scientists and librarians on the Fediverse.
Beyond that - well those are the three professions that I trust to carry society.
I don’t see a ton of updates from plumbers and auto mechanics yet, but I think that is just adoption patterns at play?
By ‘professionals’, do we mean Only Fans content creator? I haven’t tried hard enough to find them, but I assumed they’re here?
I follow many professional scientists and librarians on the Fediverse.
Beyond that - well those are the three professions that I trust to carry society.
I don’t see a ton of updates from plumbers and auto mechanics yet, but I think that is just adoption patterns at play?