Do you need help with using Mastodon and the Fediverse? Especially if you're a beginner or unsure about techy things?
You can ask by messaging me or replying to this thread, and I'll try to help or find someone else who can help. Don't worry if a question seems silly or basic!
You can also look things up on the guide at https://fedi.tips, which has an "essentials" section at the top and a complete list of answered questions below that.
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That might be more to do with the legal structures available in a person's country?
There's nothing to stop a co-operative setting up a server with joint legal ownership. They could use official meetings to vote on who would be assigned admin accounts etc.
As far as software goes, the owner account of the server has lots of options for assigning roles to other accounts on the server. There are premade roles, but they can create custom roles too. I'll try and add an article about it!
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I've just done a short piece on how to assign roles, is this any use?
https://fedi.tips/how-can-organisations-or-groups-run-a-mastodon-server/
Was there something more specific you wanted?
How can organisations or groups run a Mastodon server? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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in reply to FediTips has moved! • • •@jalcine thanks, yes, it's good to see this. A few other topics perhaps of interest around community and servers:
- Developing transparent contributions and expenses with Open Collective
- Using Announcements to communicate with members
- Conflict resolution among members
- Cultivating a diverse and welcoming community
Nathan Schneider
in reply to Nathan Schneider • • •@jalcine FWIW, here is a guide a few of us at Social.coop did: https://wiki.social.coop/wiki/How_to_Make_the_Fediverse_Your_Own
We are a cooperative, but actually not quite legally; we operate democratically through our bylaws and member contributions. Legally our parent is a different co-op.
How to Make the Fediverse Your Own - Social.coop
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I think that would be beyond my remit, as those would apply to anyone running an online community with any kind of software? I'm trying to focus on the Fediverse specifically.
I volunteer in various orgs but I don't have experience running a co-op, so I'm not sure I'd be right person for writing about this.
Nathan Schneider
in reply to FediTips has moved! • • •@jalcine Fair enough! I'm exploring the idea of doing an incubator for new fediverse communities, and hopefully we'll produce some docs to share there.
I do think that the fediverse has unique challenges with diversity and inclusion, and these issues deserve more focused attention. But maybe "tips" isn't the right place for that.
Thank you for all your great work! You have done so much to make this space more friendly and accessible.
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If you've got something together that relates to the Fediverse, I could give it a shout out if you like? There might be others in similar situation who would appreciate your work?
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Though I guess it depends on one's perspective