There has been a recent surge of interest in the social media platform Mastodon. Although it appears similar to Twitter in that it is oriented around composing posts and sharing them with followers, Mastodon is very differently organized: rather than join a single corporate-owned platform, users join one of thousands of decentralized "instances" of the open source Mastodon software, each run by different people and catering to different communities.

This session will offer an informal tour of Mastodon, discuss how to migrate your social media network from Twitter, and highlight factors to consider when deciding what instance to join, including issues of governance, community moderation and standards development. 

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