Hi, my name is Mike Agg. I joined Twitter as 'gammidgy' in 2010, as a way to promote the monthly sci-comm event I was running back then in a pub in Reading.

My personal experience of Twitter was great, but if we only care about our own experiences then I think we are failing as social beings. I don't want to be part of a network that thinks bullying must be tolerated as the price of free speech, or that accessibility is unimportant.

I'm skeptical that good content moderation is even possible on a global platform, and I'm interested to see if Mastodon's federated model works better.

I'm a big science nerd. I love history, architecture, cinema and the outdoors. I enjoy walking in the hills and I occasionally make things from wood. #introduction