Post #2474248

2026-05-12 18:22 UTC

RE: https://social.edu.nl/@Bibliothecaris/116560693849494475 &quot;Practice what you preach&quot; was our motto when we at @Bibliothecaris left X for #Mastodon and switched to #PeerTube. And yet, we&#39;re a university library that&#39;s still on Instagram, because it&#39;s where students are. We want to leave, but then what? My colleague Josca and I wrote about this dilemma. https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/blog/a-university-library-on-instagram-we-want-to-leave-but-then-what

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@mro@digitalcourage.social 2026-05-12 20:14

Hi @babetteknauer@mastodon.social @Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl the https://IndieWeb.org/POSSE publishing strategy may help resolve the dilemma. #POSSE

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@johannab@cosocial.ca 2026-05-12 20:37

@babetteknauer@mastodon.social @Bibliothecaris@social.edu.nl As a university student, though admittedly one already on the Fediverse - I deeply resent that my University is forcing ME to use Google, Microsoft, YOUTUBE (ffs) and LinkedIn, rather than communicating professionally and properly under their own banner and investing in the expertise and ownership of their own tools and materials. Thinking that Instagram is required because "that's where students are" is backwards. Institutions should be leading, not following.

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