BOOST CHALLENGE! Ok #Fediverse and #Mastodon. If I tell my Canadian Member of Parliament, Gord Johns, that he will get 2000 followers within one week of creating a Mastodon account, will you make that happen?I want him to be able to say when he st...

[chbmeyer@digitalcourage.social]

@chris oh no, I will not boost. But maybe I will follow him.
I don't know if 'data protection' in Canada is a unpopular as in Germany, but if it is then show him the account from the german 'Federal Commissioner for Data Protection' - he has 44k Followers. He also hosts the official federal Mastodon server.
https://social.bund.de/@bfdi

But please don't forget that 'the Fediverse' is more than just Mastodon. There also is Peertube for example https://tube.network.europa.eu/videos/overview or Mobilizon, Pixelfed, Friendica, Pleroma, ... they are all connected.
Even an official Potus-Account is there when you include Threads to your Fediverse mindset. I just prefer to block the whole Threads instance.

[lifewithtrees@mstdn.social]

@chris this Canadian doesn’t follow those who wouldn’t follow back or engage as equals. The fact that numbers are the motivation completely demotivates me from interacting with them. #sorrynotsorryeh

[onepict@chaos.social]

@chris point him at the EU accounts as well. @EC_ECHO , @ELA .

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@onepict @EC_ECHO @ELA awesome! I will, thanks!

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@lifewithtrees The linked story is a demonstration of Gord's current reality with social media. It's barely a place to engage. It's a cesspool that invites threats and harassment. I am hoping that he'll be able to trust people on the fediverse a little more because it *is* a place where you need to follow people and topics that interest you. I'm trying to lower the barriers for him so he will be able to lower his as well.

Police called after protesters, Courtenay-Alberni MP clash over carbon tax

RCMP called after threats made to MP Gord Johns at Friendship Center

Alberni Valley News (www.albernivalleynews.com)

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@coba @Paulatics Yay! And yes for sure! @Paulatics is a pioneer! She is aware of the #e4769 petition too.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

This is Gord's space on the Bad Place. He has just over 4000 followers and he gets strong engagement, even now. I am sure his engagement on the #Fediverse #Mastodon will be strong too. That is what I want to reassure him of.

And if you haven't already, go sign the #e4769 petition and share it to your email and other social networks. We are nearing 1000 signatures!

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4769
#cdnpoli #canpoli

[anthonypower@mstdn.ca]

@chris I will be one of the 2000.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@moira for sure. Thanks! I wanted to keep it under 500 and also wanted to make sure international folks felt welcome to participate, so I appreciate you adding those tags and helping it get into those feeds!

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@AnthonyPower

[duviobaz@mastodon.social]

@chris I just followed you so that i get notified when he creates a Mastodon account

[thedefiant604@canada.masto.host]

@chris

Absolutely boosted.

For those who don't know, we already have Senator Paula Simons from Alberta in the Fediverse.

@Paulatics

Senator Paula Simons (@[email protected])

2.24K Posts, 633 Following, 4.2K Followers · Independent senator from Alberta. Host of Alberta Unbound. I live on Treaty Six Territory.

Mastodon Canada (mstdn.ca)

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@duviobaz The Pressure!!

[julian]

@[email protected] I've been trying to get Nora Young from CBC Spark interested in the fediverse. While I don't actually have a direct contact, I've sent a couple inquiries via their contact form, and now sent another regarding e4769.

Low-key hoping I'll be able to get @[email protected] onto the radio.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@julian that would be amazing. I am a little surprised she hasn't done something on the Fediverse already

[julian]

@[email protected] No idea, but the idea is ripe for discussion, especially in 2024. Maybe this is the year fedi becomes mainstream!

I just found one article about it on CBC.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@julian I hope it is! With Threads joining, it may be... and of course, after Gord paves the way. ;=)

[julian]

@[email protected] There has been a lot of discussion over Threads and Meta's long-term plans for fediverse integration — whether it's part of a larger plan to extinguish ActivityPub, etc.

I think there are many things we can do to make that less attractive, the first and foremost bring building up fediverse user counts so that cutting us off would be non-trivial.

The second is getting politicians and journalists onto fediverse first, and not Threads. That might even be the linchpin.

[chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca]

@julian Agreed, I also think it will be revealed as a bit of a false worry because ActivityPub and most of the AP-centric software out there is Open Source. It's not possible to be extinguished if people keep using it. The underlying worry is simply that by having Threads integrate then people will continue using Threads/Corporate Media and in that way extinguish the “hope" of AP becoming a true global standard used by the majority. I think that's the wrong way to look at it.

[dan613@ottawa.place]

@julian That was a comprehensive article, though. Good on the authors.