Notices by Amanda Wyatt Visconti (literature_geek@hcommons.social)

Do yall have any guides to using Mastodon you'd recommend, that I can point other folks to? Especially interested in supporting academics wanting to leave Twitter for Mastodon (e.g. if it talks about how to rebuild professional networks here). Thank you!

Answers to things I wanted to know about Bluesky when I started over there. Quickstart version at the top (3 specific steps to get going) + details, example feeds to follow, mutelists, etc. below: tinyurl.com/DHBluesky

Many good guides exist. This guide is just specific to what I wanted to know/do. (I'm at https://bsky.app/profile/literaturegeek.bsky.social there.)

If you're a DHy person looking for a Bluesky invite code, @quinnanya & @walshbr run this effort to match up DHers and extra invite codes: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLFxq9h9NzPq5KVYYKFqL5gH7rjK0lp46Rf_G2lgd39u44Rw/viewform?usp=send_form

Same linked form also lets you share extra invite codes if you have any, so they can match codes up with DHers wanting to try Bluesky.

2. @ach will be piloting working groups: a way for folks to be involved in ACH-supported work w/o being voted/appointed onto the council; and receive institution-legible recognition & org support in return.

More info TBA, but these can be many types of things, up to folks to suggest what you want to make happen (e.g. existing groups looking for homes, focused on accomplishing a specific task, open-ended topic/method discussion, affinity groups, something different?)

E.g. https://mstdn.social/@quinnanya/110633987041682616

3 interesting things attendees heard at @ach’s annual membership meeting (held at the recent awesome #ACH2023 conference):

1. Building on #ACH2023's momentum, there'll be a virtual #ACH2024 conference in Fall 2024.

ACH is coordinating w/the hybrid DH 2024 conference's local organizers to avoid overlap (e.g. submissions won't be due until after DH 2024 acceptances; different conference session formats) +

The @ach virtual conference this June 29th-July 1st is going to be awesome! If you'd like to be more involved with #digitalhumanities, consider volunteering as a modertor, tech chair, or virtual world guide (they'll explain how): https://hcommons.social/@ach/110578281983950083

What are yall doing in situations where you'd have quote-tweeted on Twitter, given Mastodon not having a direct-QT version for posts? (I've seen suggestions to include the Mastodon post as a screenshot, include the link to the Mastodon post, or reply to the post & hope people are reading using a setup that shows replies to folks beyond the author)