Maybe there's room here for a kind of rough draft blog about the STEM initiative of the Japanese government during the years 1869-1889?

After the end of 200+ years of enforced isolation from the rest of the world, the Meiji government hired a cadre of Western experts to speed up a transfer of then-current knowledge of STEM subjects, These men were called the o-yatoi gaikokujin (御雇い外国人 hired foreigners")

Just a thought.

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@chikara Yes, that is interesting, Chikara.

Maybe you could prepare and post an article about it? Thank you!

@design_RG You suggested I should write an article. What did you mean?

Maybe it would help if you'd show me a another QOTO "article"

What I see in the daily feeds doesn't encourage me to think that what I want to do is going to work with this group.

Each one of my toots looks bloated in comparison with what others are writing.

On the other hand, the QOTO format is set up to accommodate precisely the kind of long-term project I've proposed. The website designer must have had someone like me in mind when he/she made it possible for each toot to be much bigger. The format encourages writing.

Looking ahead, maybe what I'm doing can help prime the pump. We'll see.

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@chikara Sorry if I was unclear, Chikara.

By an "article" I meant a Long Form write up/post, similar to the ones you have done so far in fact.

In that suggestion, was to write a text analyzing the importance and the history of these facts, the way you see it, etc.

As opposed to what we have bee seeing too much here lately -- a LOT of one line posts, little jokes, which if done occasionally won't detract from the site's tone and reputation.

But - and we already have a big discussion started this morning on exactly this topic - but can turn off users with STEM interests, educators, students, anyone who comes here to share and learn new things.

Please do not feel discouraged, we ARE noticing the wave of "general" posts, we got an influx of people who came here probably because it was prominently displayed at the top or near the top of the Joining Mastodon network pages.

You are most welcome to join us for the discussion, reading and responding to this thread : qoto.org/web/statuses/10318174

QOTO is very unique - not only for it's STEM affinity, but for the way the instance is run by a very open minded administrator.

That's unusual, the degree to which things are opened to discussion - and in a Public post. That was never my experience, and I have been a moderator in various other networks over time, including being senior staff.

Thank you for all your posts, I liked and replied to them. It's a pity that we got so little response, but that might also be due to the massive flooding of the Local feed lately.

Again, I invite you and ANY other concerned users to please join us in finding the best way to keep the boat in due course.

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