{"id":1809754,"date":"2022-11-08T09:46:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T14:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1809754"},"modified":"2022-11-21T19:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T00:26:53","slug":"mastodon-for-mappers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/mastodon-for-mappers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastodon for Mappers"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is now a Mastodon instance\u2014mapstodon.space<\/a>\u2014for map and geospatial professionals and enthusiasts. If it had been up and running when I started The Map Room\u2019s Mastodon account (previously<\/a>), I might have signed up for it there. (Update Nov. 20<\/em>: In the end, I\u2019ve moved there: @maproomblog@mapstodon.space<\/a>.)<\/ins><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t matter that<\/em> much which instance you sign up at (you can connect to any other Mastodon account on any other instance, unless your instance blocks that other instance, which happens when, for example, an instance is full of racist trolls), but instances have local feeds, which is nice when your instance is full of people who share your interests. I\u2019ve already found several familiar faces and\/or institutions at mapstodon.space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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… 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":[1],"tags":[1594,349],"class_list":["post-1809754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-mastodon","tag-social-media","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1817043,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/07\/cartography-and-geospatial-accounts-on-mastodon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809754,"position":0},"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":1809936,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/a-mastodon-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809754,"position":1},"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 "Housekeeping"","block_context":{"text":"Housekeeping","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/housekeeping\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1809608,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/10\/the-map-room-on-mastodon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1809754,"position":2},"title":"The Map Room on Mastodon","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"30 October 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"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. 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Cross-posting to the Facebook page continues, though given how Meta is it\u2019s unlikely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Housekeeping"","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":1809754,"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 "Blogs & Newsletters"","block_context":{"text":"Blogs & 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":1809754,"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 "Astronomy"","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\/1809754","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=1809754"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1809971,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809754\/revisions\/1809971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}