Call For Recommendations - Mastodon Follow List: US Politics News and Opinion
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*Totally* breaking the rules, going over my list of follows (a bit of a sad exercise, actually), I find:
@uspolitics
@404mediaco
@knittingknots2
@benroyce
@TexasObserver
@jsonstein
@anneapplebaum, assuming she hasn't signed off in shock
@timkmak (Ukraine)
@carnage4life
@jeffjarvis
@bolts
@juddlegum
@marcelias
@ProPublica
@democracydocket
@mmasnick (same as Applebaum, I hope he hasn't signed off in disgust)
@JuliusGoat
@charlesgaba (healthcare king) -
You are forgiven! This is a great list!
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by [email protected]
️ Please consider responding to the above request for Follow Pack Recomendations. We're gotten some great suggestions and the plan is to publish the first "Follow Pack" post later today along with an uploadable .csv to enable importing/following all of the accounts.Even just replying with your one or two "essential" follows would be great!
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@mastodonmigration You can add @DemocracyMattersALot
How about adding some non-US based news accounts, to give a wider range of opinions? Of course, they topics they cover will be more broad. Flipboard will have somme, e.g. https://mastodon.scot/@AlJazeera@flipboard.com
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@mastodonmigration Laffy and Nonilex for starters
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@gunchleoc @DemocracyMattersALot
Thanks for the suggestion. The intent if this is popular is to solicit recommendations for differently themed Follow Packs too. World Politics is a good potential Follow Pack. Thoughts for other Follow Packs greatly appreciated!
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@mastodonmigration also you guys, Tiedrich and Rupar
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Maybe Threads based accounts should be in their own category? What do you think?
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For certain!
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@mastodonmigration How about collaborating with https://fedi.directory/ @FediFollows on the starter packs?
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Dr. Kamella Tatereplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@mastodonmigration You!
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https://fedi.directory/ is a superb resource and everyone should use it.
The idea behind Follow Packs is to periodically get some top recommendations from the community and make a one-click means of following the accounts as well as a .csv to follow them all.
It's a different use case.
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Dr. Kamella Tate last edited by
blush
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@mastodonmigration @FediFollows I'm just thinking data reuse here . maybe one can be converted into the other by running a script or something
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The other consideration is data overload. The hope here is to boil it down to a few essential accounts per pack. One issue that people have with large directories is where to start and how to prioritize. Again the directory is fabulous. This is just a different thing.
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@mastodonmigration @FediFollows Good point
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@mastodonmigration depends on how many there are
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Any others you can think of?
