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Posted by the Node, on 15 November 2022

The big news on #ScienceTwitter (and indeed Twitter more broadly) surrounds the flock becoming a herd as the community hedges with more and more users opening accounts on Mastodon.

There is plenty of great advice out there if you are considering moving, or would like to open your first account. We found the top thread useful, and you’ll find us on Mastodon soon. However, while we are learning to toot and boost, it’ll be important to see how moderation works in the herd.

Will #ScienceTwitter🐦 -> #ScienceMastodon🐘 work?

The response to this was massive & my #Mastodon has gone from a quiet void to a science party in just 3 days!

Many are worried about servers, network effects & losing followers

Follow these tricks to make it work for you! 🧵
— David Brückner (@d_brueckner) November 2, 2022

Mastodon and moderation

People saying it doesn’t matter which Mastodon instance you join are being misleading:
1. Each one has different moderation policies
2. Not every one allows you to formally “move” there
3. Who is on that instance and who they follow determines your federated timeline content
— Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (@IBJIYONGI) November 7, 2022

Don’t delete your Twitter account (yet?)

RT @osc@econtwitter.net
Please be aware that it’s probably NOT a good idea to delete your Twitter account #TwitterMigration

Why? Because your Twitter handle can then be reused by any new user.

It’s a door wide open for impersonation, and things can go even worse with (1/2)
— Alex Eve (@amjeve) November 12, 2022

Blue ticks and #FakeNews

I never thought that the day would arrive that this would happen.

Twitter has just suspended the journal Scientific Reports for impersonating the journal Nature. pic.twitter.com/8lsJwg3AgM
— Mason Porter (@masonporter) November 12, 2022

Alternatives to a blue tick?

For $0/month bioRxiv will put a green ORCID icon next to your name on a paper https://t.co/s3wNHjk3pu
— Richard Sever (@cshperspectives) November 2, 2022

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