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I wish #Mastodon supported the kinds of "starter packs" just launched by #Bluesky. They're a great way to invite people to join a new platform and quickly find people and organizations that meet their interests.
https://bsky.social/about/blog/06-26-2024-starter-packs

I'm committed to Mastodon, but I'm on Bluesky to explore and experiment. While I like these starter packs, I won't be using them. I want to invite new people (working on my topics) to join Mastodon, not Bluesky.

#Fediverse

#mastodon #Fediverse #bluesky
in reply to petersuber

Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
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You can create invites on Mastodon and make the new person follow you automatically. It's not quite the same as a starter pack, but has the same idea behind it. We're of course thinking about the starter pack idea on a high level and how it might fit into our roadmap.
in reply to Eugen Rochko

Martin Vogel
Martin Vogel
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I can’t find this feature. Can it be that there are instances without the ability to create invites?
@petersuber
@petersuber
in reply to Martin Vogel

Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
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@mardor It's definitely something server operators can control, e.g. only allowing certain roles to create invites, or disabling them altogether. But I suppose the link itself can be difficult to find anyway. Check if there's "Invite people" in the footer between About and Privacy Policy.
@Martin Vogel
in reply to Eugen Rochko

xChaos
xChaos
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@Gargron
I was discussing this already about 2 weeks ago, when BlueSky people boasted they have now this.

I suggest very simple roadmap:

1) make Lists public (optionally) as they were on old Twitter (I know this can be done using CSV export, import, but... come on, is TikTok generation really going to do this?)
2) give pople way to share the public lists (eg. in bio or using some kind of link share in toots, which would do the same stuff as CSV imports, but on single click)
3) give instance moderators privilege to suggest new users following some public lists

I know this approach have dangers of creating echo chambers and amplifying accounts which already have some audience, but 1) it is manual, not algorithm 2) there are many instances with many moderators and there will be many lists 3) it creates kind of market and business model even without directly spamming users (instance moderators can create lists like "our sponsors"...)

@Eugen Rochko

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