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   Gila (pablogilah@masto.es)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 10:02:20 JST Gila

   I really feel this #MastodonMigration due to the #Twitter ban in #Brazil might be our last chance. It is clear that #Bluesky has the marketing that #Mastodon lacks - understandable given its FOSS nature.

   But these moments are rare, and if this is indeed the start of Twitter's downfall, it may be our last chance to secure Mastodon as The Public Forum. We can't hand over its keys to another for-profit that will enshitify the forum of our democracies in the years to come.

   It is our time as users to promote Mastodon, especially for those of us who work in the press or have other distribution channels. Yes, we may even have to come back to The Bird Cage to convince our mutuals to choose Mastodon when the time comes. This is the first time an entire country has been forced to choose between Mastodon and Bluesky, and what Brazil chooses might determine what the rest of the world chooses as the dominoes continue to fall.

   So get out there and convince everyone. It could be our last chance.

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     Gila (pablogilah@masto.es)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 10:02:44 JST Gila

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     • Ondine B.

     @veroandi I am really scared of this move. I really think it was a huge mistake of Lula to only offer his Bluesky. Mastodon is only backed by us, and the least we can do is to get out and promote it as much as we can. But we won't convince any outsiders from the inside, we have to get back. There. To the Bird Cage.

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     Ondine B. (veroandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 10:02:45 JST Ondine B.

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     @pablogilah I'm not sure why there was this move to Bluesky (who was the influential figures behind it), but the ambiance there is really taking off. Even the Brazilian president is there now, instead of setting up a Brazilian instance.

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     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 10:05:01 JST Tim Chambers

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     @pablogilah Don't think it is our last chance but agree with the overall arc of this: Mastodon and the fediverse don't have dedicated marketing teams paid for with VC and billionaire money - we have people power. But that needs to be organized and focused for windows of opportunities like this one. Think there is still time with Brazil as I think this will play out over a while.

     But yes, we are the fediverse marketing department.

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     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 19:41:51 JST Tim Chambers

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     • Ondine B.

     @veroandi I agree, though they do have a dedicated paid press team working to get positive press mentions that do build awareness and brand building and can get their positive takes into stories - that does have an impact.

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     Ondine B. (veroandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 19:41:52 JST Ondine B.

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     • Tim Chambers

     @tchambers I don't think Bluesky is investing on marketing. The migration of the last 3 days seems to be natural to me. People were looking for alternatives, many are already inactive on Threads because don't like it and people heard about Bluesky as an alternative. I do believe it's mouth to mouth.

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     Gila (pablogilah@masto.es)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 19:44:18 JST Gila

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     • Tim Chambers

     @tchambers That's the point. We are the fediverse market department.

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     Josir Gomes (josir@bolha.us)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 04:48:49 JST Josir Gomes

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     • Ondine B.

     @pablogilah @veroandi We are working on a gov. instance model. We have a running instance uirapuru.ibict.br but we didn't publicized it because we didn't create the moderation rules yet.

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     Ondine B. (veroandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 04:49:29 JST Ondine B.

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     • Josir Gomes

     @josir @pablogilah

     There is IFTAS that create lots of material about moderation and best practices on Fediverse, maybe it could help, here's their website:

     https://connect.iftas.org/library/

     Poke @iftas

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     Hilton Fernandes (hgfernan@noc.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Sep-2024 04:49:53 JST Hilton Fernandes

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     • Ondine B.
     • Josir Gomes

     That's great news, @josir !

     CC @pablogilah @veroandi