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Got it. Will add you and your recommendations to the Cybersecurity pack next edition of the directory. Thanks.

One of the things about Mastodon is all @ mentioned addresses are notified by a reply. If you want them to be great, but if you just want to recommend the three accounts you can edit your reply to remove the other addresses.

Again thanks for your suggestions.

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@adamshostack

Actually made the additions to the .csv

They won't go into the directory until the next time it is published because everytime it is everyone gets a notification and it can get kind of spammy.

But if/when people import the list you and the other three will be included.

Again thanks!

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Again, if you want to learn more about follow packs, and how to follow all of these great accounts as a list at once, check out this account for an FAQ and Directory >>> @mastodonmigration.wordpress.com

Royce Williams

@mastodonmigration

Wow, thanks! (I feel like the others in this list are in a completely other level of amazing!)

Here are some security adds that are in my "high signal, low noise" security list (many of your others already were!)

@boblord
@hdm
@joebeone @jwgoerlich
@rene_mobile
@screaminggoat
@wdormann
@wendynather

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@tychotithonus

Thank you. Will add to the next update!

Leigh Silvester

@mastodonmigration @mastodonmigration.wordpress.com

Would you like another pack?

Humour/Satire/Memes

@newsthump
@Daily_Twerk
@lowqualityfacts
@s8n
@funhouseradio
@abnormalmemery
@MarkoTheComic
@AbsoluteMemery
@johnnyd_cm
@sushvee
@humortimes
@LaffGaff
@dadjokes
@kittencaboodle
@nicbest
@DailySBMemes

Guess if anyone doesn't want to be included or have more suggestions, speak now... or speak later.

Christoffer S.

@mastodonmigration May I be so bold and suggest the following:

https://github.com/cstromblad/infosec_mastodon/blob/main/mastodon_infosec_import.csv

The above CSV is based on the original document by @LukaszOlejnik and is kept up-to-date with a Python-script converting it to a CSV.

Original document: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t13k5_cNhP9_TgoUmqDZk2ROkWkF6Bg3O5269vKIqWw

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@nopatience @LukaszOlejnik

Thank you! Will take a look.

Edit: There are over 500 account listed in this doc/list. Experience is that if these packs get too big they become unwieldy and difficult to maintain. For instance, people who don't post regularly or leave Mastodon get loaded in. The idea behind these Follow Packs is they are selected and vetted for people who post regularly and get decent interaction. That said, really welcome specific recommendations for people who meet this criteria.

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@nopatience @LukaszOlejnik

All that said, this is a terrific resource and thank you for mentioning it. Can see this being very valuable for people in the industry.

Perhaps the best thing to do, if you agree, is to add a section in the directory for InfoSecProfessionals and link both your CSV and the google sheet. Would that work for you?

Christoffer S.

@mastodonmigration @LukaszOlejnik

Actually, let me do one better. I will whip up a little something to curate the list. I will iterate through each account, check for some reasonable activity over the past 3-6 months (will experiment with appropriate timeframe)... and then produce another list based on the first one.

One where the list has been "limited" to those more active in terms of posting.

But please, do what you wish with the list, I created the CSV to be shared and used!

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@nopatience @LukaszOlejnik

Definitely understand the effort involved in getting these things done, really appreciate anything you can do and eager to promote it! One of the big hopes for this effort is to bring together more work in promoting great accounts on Mastodon. The astronomy community is also working on a bigger, more professional, pack. Really like the idea of having both the smaller pack and a larger "professional" curated list for each discipline. Whenever you are ready!