#2850: move twitter accounts to mastodon
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Reporter: astrid_emde | Owner: sac@…
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Hello Sac,
in the marketing team we discuss the transfer from the twitter accounts to
mastodon.
We would like to ask you for support and recommendation. Do you have
experience here already?
Questions
* how can we move?
* where should we move?
* can we transfer the follower?
* is there still a bridge to twitter?
we discuss the channels
* osgeo
* foss4g
* (planetosgeo)
* and maybe recommendations for osgeo project channels
Maybe there is already a documentation that we missed.
Before we get active we should discuss also with the board
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2850>
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#2850: move twitter accounts to mastodon
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Reporter: astrid_emde | Owner: sac@…
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Comment (by neteler):
Here some recommendations from the GRASS GIS project which already did the
move (https://fosstodon.org/@grassgis):
The move is easy. First
- register at https://fosstodon.org (the likely best fitting mastodon
domain. It is a request-only node, so a one-liner is needed about why
OSGeo fits here - which is obvious 
)
Then
- scan Twitter for followers already on mastodon using
https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ . This generates a CSV file which is then
imported easily under mastodon settings.
And
- enable the twitter-mastodon bridge: https://moa.party/ (works bi-
directionally)
Eventually
- add the new OSGeo mastodon URL to the Twitter profile.
Ping me for more info (I did the same for my personal profile,
https://mastodon.social/@neteler). Happy to also do the OSGeo migration if
no other SAC member volunteers.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2850#comment:1>
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Comment (by jsanz):
Planet OSGeo account at fosstodon.org was created and connected to
Twitter, and followings were imported using the tools @neteler shared.
https://mastodon.social/@planetosgeo@fosstodon.org
I've configured the bridge to only post messages from Twitter to Mastodon,
without any additional settings.
I'll share the credentials to log in to Fernando Quadro, as the person in
charge for the Twitter account.
Markus if you are busy I can help on setting up the main OSGeo account
next week.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2850#comment:3>
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Comment (by jsanz):
Sorry I meant https://fosstodon.org/@planetosgeo
:_)
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2850#comment:4>
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Comment (by neteler):
Replying to [comment:3 jsanz]:
> Markus if you are busy I can help on setting up the main OSGeo account
next week.
I'd need a mandate first
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2850#comment:5>
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Comment (by astrid_emde):
Looks like https://fosstodon.org/@planetosgeo is there already
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2850#comment:6>
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Comment (by astrid_emde):
Hi @jsanz. It would be great if you could help with the osgeo, foss4g,
osgeolive account and move them to fosstodon.
I planned to do so, but of you are an expert now, you support would be
welcome.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2850#comment:7>
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Comment (by jsanz):
Sure please share with me privately the credentials (also phone number if
configured) of those Twitter accounts and I'll create the corresponding
Mastodon bot accounts on fosstodon.org that mirror anything posted on
Twitter.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2850#comment:8>
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Comment (by jsanz):
I just noticed that moa.party, the bridge between Twitter and Mastodon for
the Planet OSGeo account, stopped working on February 28th. The provider
of the bridge wrote a post about their shutdown at
https://moaparty.com/status/2023/02/05/
Since the Planet is also offered as an RSS, I'll see how to post directly
to Mastodon from the website feed using their API. Not sure if we should
find another service provider (like Zapier, Integromat/Make, etc.) or
script something to run on the same server that hosts the planet.
I'll update the Planet wiki page with the details as I find a good (and
hopefully stable) solution.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2850#comment:9>
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Reporter: astrid_emde | Owner: sac@…
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Comment (by astrid_emde):
The accounts are setup by astrid
https://fosstodon.org/@osgeo
https://fosstodon.org/@foss4g
* Information was shared ith jsanz and the foss4g team.
* imported follower from twitter for both accounts
* no bridge to twitter
Maybe it makes sense to also move
- Geo4All_ https://fosstodon.org/@foss4g
* foss4ge https://twitter.com/foss4ge
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2850#comment:10>
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