I've never understood how scientists, in particular, could flee from that Musk place only to take refuge in, wait for it, a Bannon place like #BlueSky. 🤦‍♂️

"On social media, Mastodon is managed and run by the community (e.g., https://neuromatch.social is a server run by neuroscientists) and is robust by design."

https://www.thetransmitter.org/policy/science-must-step-away-from-nationally-managed-infrastructure/

When rogue players multiply, single points of failure are worse than just a gamble.

#openscience is best on the #fediverse

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230207

@da5nsy The answer is mostly answered by the actions taken by @bonfire

#researchgate basically enables users to talk about science (papers, conference announcements …). That's just about all I like about it.

Please look at their #openscience goals

https://bonfirenetworks.org/app/open-science/

What is a research commons?

"A research commons can be defined as a research-focused version of a digital commons, where ‘informational resources are created and shared within voluntary communities of varying size and interests’, are held as communal, and management is ‘oriented towards use within the community, rather than exchange in the market’"

https://datascience.codata.org/articles/10.5334/dsj-2024-056

#openscience