Aktionsb. neue soziale Medien<p>📣 The number of followers of German scientific institutions in the <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> surpassed the 160k mark 💥 last weekend, see <br>👉 <a href="https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/?liste=institute-de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon-listen.playground.54g</span><span class="invisible">radsoftware.de/?liste=institute-de</span></a> </p><p>Yes, it's true: we shouldn't get caught up in this nonsensical discussion about <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/reach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reach</span></a> of <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a>. <br>On the other hand, it’s a great success 🏆 for initiatives such as <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Unis4Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unis4Mastodon</span></a>, <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/Byebyeelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Byebyeelon</span></a>, <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/WissXit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WissXit</span></a>, <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/SaveSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveSocial</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@helloQuitX" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>helloQuitX</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@leavex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>leavex</span></a></span> and others that more than 150 research institutions in Germany are contributing to the expansion of the Fediverse.</p><p>To our friends in the <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, we say that we are alarmed at how the new <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/USpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpolicy</span></a> is attacking <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>. We are trying to build decentralized and independent <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/socialnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialnetworks</span></a> to make our research institutions and democracy resilient to attacks from <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/autocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocrats</span></a> and <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/hostilitytoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hostilitytoscience</span></a>. <br>And we think this transformation should happen in other countries, too, to strengthen <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://bewegung.social/tags/eXit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eXit</span></a></p>