This is different. Because of the Facebook migration registry, migrating users will be automatically reconnected on Mastodon with their Facebook friends, whenever they migrate.

Advertising outside of Facebook might work. Facebook users will tell their friends before leaving Facebook, and pull them towards Mastodon.

https://defcon.social/@ashwin/117172040923905620

We can set up an external website and spread the word through other means, than fakebook.

https://defcon.social/@ashwin/117172040923905620

I am sure they will gladly fuck over any of their former clients for the right amount of money.

Can we afford it?

Not to my knowledge. This is the #DIY world, and I am asking the community to help with this effort.

Every user leaving Facebook can opt into the Facebook migration registry.

Every user who joins Mastodon, will be automatically reconnected with their Facebook friends, who also opted into the registry.

Here in Japan, there are earthquakes and tsunamis. In any areas of catastrophic change, it is good to have a registry, so one can be reunited with one's family and friends, after a shake up.

We're doomed and they'll make a profit from our doom. This is what capitalism looks when it is unchecked — even while losing they're still winning.

Good ideas there. Perhaps an introduction to the #fediverse at large is the better approach.

( https://fediverse.info/ )

You are also right that a random instance might not be optimal. Perhaps a few handpicked, general instances would be a good default. eg: Mastodon.social

As for the rest, please see a more detailed implementation plan here:

https://defcon.social/@ashwin/117172040923905620

Please keep the ideas coming. I very much appreciate it.

Thanks. It was indeed, meant to be a start, subject to community input, rather than a complete solution.

1. We could set up a website to facilitate the exodus out of Facebook/Twitter. Say: Facebook2Fedi.org and Twitter2Fedi.org

2. The websites can be publicized through word of mouth, or any number of other means, not just through ads on Facebook.

3. It's a week's worth of work for an experienced programmer. So the requirements break down as:
+ A programmer's pay for 1 week. ( or a volunteer programmer ).

+ 2 internet domains.

+ managed web hosting costs for 1 year.

+ customer support hotline number.

A lot of these costs can probably be covered by existing Free Software projects, which may offer free hosting. We might find enough Fediverse volunteers to operate the hotlines.

Thoughts?

However I think that this needs some more development. For instance, who's going to pay for the ads? And secondly, wouldn't Facebook either bury the ads so they get little to no exposure, or even just outright refuse the ads?

When/if we can solve those problems, we can get to work on assembling volunteers to start building the infrastructure for the rest of it. If those problems can't be solved, then we can brainstorm an alternative approach and see how much of the rest of the plan we can salvage, unless any better ideas come up.