“We can't engage as communities, unless we have money. I can't even express how angry this makes me.” - activist group using Facebook. People and organisations who feel this way are our initial targets.
This project is a way out of the restricted algorithmic for-profit mediation and commercialisation of communication we campaigners increasingly experience. For example a facebook page will only reach to 3-6% of members if you do not pay facebook to “boost” each post this soon becomes expensive and a drain on limited NGO and activist budgets. Activists and campaigners are ready to move from the corporate social networks to get outreach outside of these paid per view “walled gardens”.
The launch of 2 new mastodon instances for Activists and Campaigners to aid communication in grassroot groups. Putting social media back in our hands by providing a free, unfettered home for campaigners, NGO’s and activists to communicate among their peers and beyond.
Mastodon, the worlds largest free open source decentralised microblogging network, isn’t one place and one set of rules: it’s thousands of unique, interconnected communities to choose from, filled with different people, interests, languages, and needs. Don’t like the rules? You’re free to join any community you like, or better yet: you can host your own, on your own terms!
Putting the user first. You’re a person, not a product. There is no monopoly by a single commercial company, no adds, and no tracking. Mastodon works for you, and not the other way around.
We aim to help activism/campaigning groups to make this step now.