Hello UK #GreenParty members on here: I would really like the Green Party to set up on #Mastodon.

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

Hello UK #GreenParty members on here: I would really like the Green Party to set up on #Mastodon. Our local party (closed down after last election by somewhat erratic unilateral decision) has just reestablished and it is all X, FB and Insta. I have suggested Mastodon but noone knows it. I will work on it locally but is there any way to take it to the top somehow? Can we get together on here to write an email? Any suggestions welcome. #UKpolitics

@markhburton @junesim63

[oneinterestingfact@mastodon.ie]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63

One small ray of hope: Zack’s shitter account is being cross-posted by bot.
So clearly he, or someone close, at least knows masto exists.
AIUI cross-posting is megaphone politics - replies are unseen so it’s not a way to build engagement.

#greenpartyofenglandandwales

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@OneInterestingFact

Ah, i didn’t realise! Thanks, will check it out.

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@markhburton @junesim63

2/2 Just tagged more people who have have used the #GreenParty hashtag (apologies if you are not actually a member!):
would be great to link up about this ️ and in general! Please do share widely as I don’t think i see everyone

@samsterby @ScienceCommunicator @DoubleTreble @greenhousethinktank @MelSedds @Simon318ppm @corin_ja

[gregorclaus@troet.cafe]

@pvonhellermannn @OneInterestingFact One part of the UK already has a very active Green party presence on mastodon, including replacing X share links with Mastodon share links recently @greenpartyni

[possiblymax@hachyderm.io]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63 Maybe the Scottish greens could help? They post here a lot and I believe the UK + Scottish greens parties are getting closer. @ScottishGreens

[sarahw@mastodon.green]

@OneInterestingFact @pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63
He and Sian Berry had accounts here which haven't been used for some while.

@ZackPolanski
@sianberry

[aschmitz@gruene.social]

@pvonhellermannn German Greens have lots (but not nearly enough) presence on Mastodon. It is not nearly used widely and consequentially enough. But in my opinion every local green party branch should have an account that they post to and monitor the replies. It doesn’t cost much.

[aaron@cutie.city]

@pvonhellermannn
I wonder if the lack of "local" servers could be an issue? My local Greens are centered in a single big town and are very active from there but I can't see them individually having a lot of traction in the wider Fedi; whereas if there was a local server along the lines of (possibly inactive, I'm not sure) epsom.social they could have more of a singular voice.

I see Zack does have some syndicated posts via a bot which is fine, but I also see a lot of other regional green parties and some multinationals are actually actively engaging here.

Perhaps starting at a local party level might push awareness up to the group level?

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@PossiblyMax i hadn’t realised- thank you! That’s great to hear!

[sarahw@mastodon.green]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63
And
@david_on_a_bike

[pythonlinks@mastodon.social]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63

The US Green Party has the same problem. They are all on fascist X, Meta and TikTok. It drives me nuts. This morning the LeftUnitySlate.org leader was slandered on corporate social media. They were not even aware that part of the problem is that corporate social media allows, and maybe even amplifies such content. Here it would be taken down by the volunteer administrators.

What to do?

[sarahw@mastodon.green]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63
Also @eco-g

[sarahw@mastodon.green]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63
I'd love to see the #greenparty set up their own instance here.

[sheddi@mstdn.party]

@pvonhellermannn
The NI Greens are here too, as @greenpartyni

Together with the Scottish Greens, that's two of the four UK nations covered.

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@Sarahw ah, thank you, that’s interesting. They must have decided against it (like 10,000s of others who joined and gave up). Maybe there should be a new mastodon drive one of these days. Some of the off-putting functionality issues have been addressed by now, though by no means all.

[simon318ppm@mastodon.sdf.org]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63 @samsterby @ScienceCommunicator @DoubleTreble @greenhousethinktank @MelSedds @corin_ja I’m pushing it in my local party. We don’t use the dead bird site any more. I’d love us to ditch Meta but I do understand the dilemma when local community pages are all on fb so that reach is irreplaceable

1/2

[simon318ppm@mastodon.sdf.org]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63 @samsterby @ScienceCommunicator @DoubleTreble @greenhousethinktank @MelSedds @corin_ja

2/2 I’m trying to get my head round the mechanics of putting motions to conference (and being told locally that “local party don’t get involved in policy!) but ultimately that’s the way to do it, I think & would provoke the debate formally

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@aaron maybe, i don’t know! Good point.

[samsterby@mastodon.green]

@Simon318ppm @pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63 @ScienceCommunicator @DoubleTreble @greenhousethinktank @MelSedds @corin_ja solidly, am working on it with what influence I’ve got