I posted this on its own because it really does stand apart from the rest of the fediverse. I've made an alt there and it feels more like a (mostly) self-contained social network for anyone in (or...
I posted this on its own because it really does stand apart from the rest of the fediverse. I've made an alt there and it feels more like a (mostly) self-contained social network for anyone in (or interested in...I'm just an undergrad and I'm loving it) academia. There's real conversation going on there! Yes!!
Scholar Social is a microblogging platform for researchers, grad students, librarians, archivists, undergrads, academically inclined high schoolers, educators of all levels, journal editors, research assistants, professors, administrators—anyone involved in academia who is willing to engage with others respectfully.
The "topic" for this instance is: academia, research, teaching and learning, which is intentionally a very broad topic. You do not need an advanced degree to join (or any degree, for that matter).
If you consider yourself a scholar of any sort, and you are willing to engage with others respectfully, and you will respect our community's efforts to make this a safe space for queer people and other minorities, you are absolutely welcome here.
Who should people look into following if they want to get started? It can be a little overwhelming if you don't have a lot of time to spend sifting through the instance TL.
Who should people look into following if they want to get started? It can be a little overwhelming if you don't have a lot of time to spend sifting through the instance TL.
I'm pretty new, but my favorite follows so far have been @rusty@scholar.social and @cxli@scholar.social. I got a few follows off of my introduction post, and that's been leading me to new...
For them to work as links, yeah, but 9 times outta 10 that's a pain in the ass and I end up going to the instance, copying the name, going back over to my home instance, pasting it in, and typing...
For them to work as links, yeah, but 9 times outta 10 that's a pain in the ass and I end up going to the instance, copying the name, going back over to my home instance, pasting it in, and typing in the domain. I usually ifnd it more convenient when people just post them like that.
Though there is a browser extension which takes care of that.
I posted this on its own because it really does stand apart from the rest of the fediverse. I've made an alt there and it feels more like a (mostly) self-contained social network for anyone in (or interested in...I'm just an undergrad and I'm loving it) academia. There's real conversation going on there! Yes!!
Who should people look into following if they want to get started? It can be a little overwhelming if you don't have a lot of time to spend sifting through the instance TL.
I'm pretty new, but my favorite follows so far have been @rusty@scholar.social and @cxli@scholar.social.
I got a few follows off of my introduction post, and that's been leading me to new interesting people :)
You need to structure the links to profiles as scholar.social/@rusty for them to work outside of mastodon.
For them to work as links, yeah, but 9 times outta 10 that's a pain in the ass and I end up going to the instance, copying the name, going back over to my home instance, pasting it in, and typing in the domain. I usually ifnd it more convenient when people just post them like that.
Though there is a browser extension which takes care of that.