i ask because Bonfire is a free libre open source project proposing a federated social media approachqand it seems cool… but i can’t join the pilot program since i’m not in a school or such organization.
Idk what’s already in use though so this is a joint shoutout and a question. Like, what way do you use to chat about nerdy stuff rn? Does this Bonfire.social project fill a niche you’re missing alot in?
You’ll find most scientists hanging out on the platform formally known as Twitter, Bluesky, and (to a lesser degree) Mastodon. This may be disappointing to hear, but most scientists are just normal people who don’t really care about federation and open source software and stuff. They just want to post stuff and have it be seen.
Some of us do care! Just not enough to get a critical mass away from the proprietary networks.