It might be worth looking at https://shareopenly.org.

Mastodon's share button only supports Mastodon servers, there are plenty of other fediverse platforms.

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It seems like the students are already giving the feedback. That’s the best situation possible. They would like to leave, but there has to be a big enough draw that they can bring enough friends along.

The other thought in this is to work together to make it a thing. To become the reason to jump ship.

(I only learned late in the game that Dali’s politics wasn’t so good but he is such an icon)

I think that communicating that interoperability aspect to users would be very appealing (no need to sign up to multiple different platforms, if you'd prefer not to, etc.).

Pixelfed I think would cover the format of Instagram completely because it does also handle short videos up to three minutes maybe? The best advantage to stress in all of this is that these are both fediverse member services and so we or they in their students can share between mastodon and any other service they decide to use

I would like to suggest you consider pixel https://pixelfed.org/

I think what would work well is a specific project that would give reason for a group of people to join and share because the hurdle with all social media is the value is in the network.

Pixelfed inter operates with mastodon because they’re both part of the fediverse.

Thank you for doing this!

And do students have a voice in moderation or is it handed down to them? They should be involved. That's a learning experience if ever there was one!

You can take the idea to the student government - get them on board and it will percolate outward.

will the students follow where you go? will you have to follow them when they leave instagram?

have you looked into Bookwyrm? https://joinbookwyrm.com which is a fediverse service for sharing reading lists and books.

maybe by providing more connection through the topic of reading, you could provide another value that instagram doesnt have?

This writing is so thoughtful! I think it's great you're starting these conversations.

A lot has been written about 'switching costs' and 'network effects' for why users stay on exploitive playforms like Instagram. With that in mind the key question is *how can we influence status quo change to healthier digital spaces?*

For me, and any org like UGL, I believe irl advocacy is an effective method for advocating online status quo habit change e.g. - bulletin board type displays, workshops, presence at campus fairs, zine distribution, a fediverse student club...the slow, patient process of growing change from a tiny sprout to eventually bearing fruit.

I agree that the fediverse is still in a 'raising awareness it even exists' stage for most potential users.

I also believe framing the switch as potentially gradual, I.e. students creating low stakes 'escape hatch' exploratory fediverse accounts, is an approach worth promoting.

Why not use Pixelfed?

#Pixelfed #Loops

#mastodon