I'm working on a YouTube mini series explaining the Fediverse!!

[paulbusch@cosocial.ca]

@taylorlorenz
I'd recommend @cyberlyra who would be awesome on your series. She can connect the Fediverse to digital independence from big tech.
I'd also suggest looking for stories from everyday users who can articulate the difference from corporate social media platforms and how they found their community on apps like Mastodon. Interspersed with the experts, real people can help make the experience more personal and relatable.

[rwg@aoir.social]

@oli @taylorlorenz I'd be happy to chat, of course!

[reflex@retrogaming.social]

@lrhodes @mastodonmigration @taylorlorenz But one of the most interesting to read.

[newstik@social.heise.de]

@taylorlorenz You will want to talk to @mho about success in German language media markets. Mastodon brings more traffic than X.

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@bruce Absolutely! Too many projects to list in a single post!

[cjd@pkteerium.xyz]

Depends on whether you want to tell people the Fediverse has two halves.

Almost nobody does, because almost everybody is politically aligned with one half or the other. But that's why nobody really understands the Fediverse, because the way the Fediverse actually functions would not be possible without both halves.

[ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social]

@taylorlorenz
I love the videos and other work by @_elena

[thegnuguy@fosstodon.org]

@taylorlorenz Christine Lemmer Webber obviously...and anybody else that works at Spritely institute.

[wandrecanada@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz If you can manage to speak to George Takei he was an account everyone followed during the early Mastadon era. It was a strange way people started populating their feeds.

It probably fragments pretty fast afterwards although the beige.party instance stands out as a high quality follow. Everyone on the instance is great to follow if only for the engagement and amusement they generate.

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@ricci @taylorlorenz @laurenshof

Ah, of course!

Also: @jdp23 @deadsuperhero @damon.

Again, way too many to list.

[indigoviolet@tech.lgbt]

@taylorlorenz If your series is about Fedi in concept and not just Mastodon you should definitely seek out developers who’ve made software (like Misskey & forks).

[anopka@social.tchncs.de]

@taylorlorenz I'd suggest @FediTips and @FediFollows

As well as @dansup and @gargron of course.

[mirq@tsogol.tsiran.org]

@taylorlorenz clearly you should talk to anyone from nicecrewdigital

[dataangler@vis.social]

@taylorlorenz The scientist @davidho

[jmmaok@mastodon.online]

@taylorlorenz

Talk about great work by @iftas !

[jmmaok@mastodon.online]

@taylorlorenz

Ideally, talk to people who've had success moving a group or community from other social media to the Fediverse.

[mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world]

@cjd @taylorlorenz What do you mean GPL software/tools are neutral ? Obviously it can only benefit my political views :^)

[dataangler@vis.social]

@taylorlorenz the data scientist @nrennie who is a leader in #dataviz

[mriesp@akko.wtf]

@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social I’m not such a well traveled soul on the Fediverse, but I’m fairly sure you could connect with some of the friends of the guests on Fireside Fedi.

Also, my vote would go to @dumpsterqueer@superseriousbusiness.org, one of the more public facing devs of one of the smaller projects aiming to make hosting accounts individualistic and simple

[renata@cosocial.ca]

@taylorlorenz You should talk to @evan and @cwebber for sure - both involved in development and cool people