Post #1229139
2026-04-08 19:48 UTC
@davidlohner Pardon me for answering this in English. One reason I think so many plant scientists went to Blue Sky over Mastodon was because they were not looking for a community, but looking for a broadcasting network. So I think the most important thing about #SciComm here is that other comm - community. This means investment in being here & building relationships. It means being part of building the community.
So hashtags help, etc. but if the attitude is one of broadcasting without
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@ml@ecoevo.social 2026-04-08 19:51
@davidlohner investment in being here, in learning about others as much as talking here, then it is likely to be a failure. The reward is the same as the "punishment" - a lack of an algorithm. You will be able to communicate what you want as long as it doesn't violate your instance's rules. Unlike Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok, etc., it's not hiding what you write (muting, blocking is an individual decision), but neither is it promoting it. Your community decides what it is interested in boosting.