{"id":1809608,"date":"2022-10-30T09:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T13:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1809608"},"modified":"2022-11-21T19:28:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T00:28:00","slug":"the-map-room-on-mastodon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/10\/the-map-room-on-mastodon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Map Room on Mastodon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Given what\u2019s been going on with Twitter recently, I figure that a Mastodon account for The Map Room might be useful, at least for those who feel the need to jump from Twitter to Mastodon. You can find it here: <del>@maproomblog@mastodon.social<\/del> <ins><em>Update Nov. 20<\/em>: I\u2019ve moved it to <a href=\"https:\/\/mapstodon.space\/@maproomblog\" rel=\"me\">maproomblog@mapstodon.space<\/a><\/ins>.<\/p>\n<p>I have no plans to shut down any of The Map Room\u2019s other social media presences (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maproom\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/maproomblog.tumblr.com\/\">Tumblr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maproomblog\">Twitter<\/a>)\u2014not at this time, anyway. And you can always subscribe via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/feed\/\">RSS<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/about\/subscribe\/\">email<\/a>\u2014no intermediating platform required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given what\u2019s been going on with Twitter recently, I figure that a Mastodon account for The Map Room might be useful, at least for those who feel the need to jump from Twitter to Mastodon.&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/10\/the-map-room-on-mastodon\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1594,349],"class_list":["post-1809608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-housekeeping","tag-mastodon","tag-social-media","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1809936,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/a-mastodon-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809608,"position":0},"title":"A Mastodon Update","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"20 November 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"The Map Room\u2019s Mastodon presence has moved to @maproomblog@mapstodon.space. It just seemed more sensible to be on an instance that focused on the mapping and geospatial community. (By the way, mapstodon.space\u2019s admin has a Patreon to cover the hosting costs: running a Mastodon instance is rather more expensive than running\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Housekeeping&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Housekeeping","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/housekeeping\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1817043,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/07\/cartography-and-geospatial-accounts-on-mastodon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809608,"position":1},"title":"Cartography and Geospatial Accounts on Mastodon","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 July 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"If you\u2019re trying out Mastodon in the wake of Twitter\u2019s latest fail (and given the uptick in new followers I\u2019ve seen over the past few days, it seems more than a few of you are) but aren\u2019t sure who to follow, here are two curated lists of cartography, geospatial, GIS\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Mastodon\"","block_context":{"text":"Mastodon","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/tag\/mastodon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1809754,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/mastodon-for-mappers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809608,"position":2},"title":"Mastodon for Mappers","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 November 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"There is now a Mastodon instance\u2014mapstodon.space\u2014for map and geospatial professionals and enthusiasts. If it had been up and running when I started The Map Room\u2019s Mastodon account (previously), I might have signed up for it there. (Update Nov. 20: In the end, I\u2019ve moved there: @maproomblog@mapstodon.space.) It doesn\u2019t matter that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Mastodon\"","block_context":{"text":"Mastodon","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/tag\/mastodon\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1834801,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/11\/a-social-media-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809608,"position":3},"title":"A Social Media Update","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 November 2024","format":"aside","excerpt":"The Map Room\u2019s Twitter account was finally deactivated on Wednesday after roughly two years of sitting idle. If the @maproomblog username is resurrected and reused, it ain\u2019t me. Follow The Map Room on Bluesky or Mastodon instead. Cross-posting to the Facebook page continues, though given how Meta is it\u2019s unlikely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Housekeeping&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Housekeeping","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/housekeeping\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1812325,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/02\/state-of-the-map-room\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809608,"position":4},"title":"State of The Map Room","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"3 February 2023","format":"aside","excerpt":"Assume I\u2019m no longer on Twitter. While my account is still there, and I check in very occasionally, it\u2019s very much in read-only mode to catch things I might otherwise miss. The account is locked and I stopped posting to it in December. While I still cross-post to the Facebook\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogs &amp; Newsletters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogs &amp; Newsletters","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/blogs-newsletters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1829861,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/04\/worst-eclipse-map-ever-becomes-the-funniest\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809608,"position":5},"title":"Worst Eclipse Map Ever Becomes the Funniest","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"11 April 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"This Mastodon post makes a bad map of this week\u2019s eclipse into the funniest map of this week\u2019s eclipse.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/astronomy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809608"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1809972,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809608\/revisions\/1809972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}