Wow, I just discovered that @wikidata queries can be used to look for Mastodon accounts...! (@egonw@scholar.social https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2022/11/finding-mastodon-accounts-with-wikidata.html) Here's a list of universities with Mastodon accounts: https://query.wikidata.org/#SELECT%20DISTINCT%20%3Finstitution%20%3FinstitutionLabel%20%3Fmastodon%20WHERE%20%7B%0A%20%20%3Finstitution%20wdt%3AP31%2Fwdt%3AP279%2a%20wd%3AQ31855%20%3B%0A%20%20%20%20wdt%3AP4033%20%3Fmastodon%20.%0A%20%20SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22%5BAUTO_LANGUAGE%5D%2Cen%22.%20%7D%0A%7D%0A
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@leovarnet You can look at using a service like @buffer that can do exactly this.
And if you are simply looking to post to only a couple of channels such as Mastodon and Twitter, you can even get away with the free tier.
There are additional analytics and things available in the paid tiers, but the free service is great also.
@paulomalley @buffer Amazing, thanks!
>"Musk has closed twitter's API... does anyone have a workaround for this?"
Just post to your Mastodon instance and don't bother with the bird site.
You can put a message over there telling folks where to find your toots. And maybe periodically post a tweet reminding everyone that you're now on Mastodon.
@Pat As for myself, I essentially stopped posting on the other site. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I'm not the social media manager of my university, so I don't get to make this kind of decision at a larger scale. Furthermore, in general, institutions are rather reluctant to make "bold moves" such as this one, that's why I think Musk decision was in fact quite a good strategy for him...
My instutition is willing to join Mastodon soon. However, one of the reasons holding it back on the bird site is the difficulty of setting up cross-posting now that Musk has closed twitter's API... does anyone have a workaround for this? @wikidata @egonw@scholar.social @academicchatter #AcademicMastodon #mastodon #HowToMastodon #MastodonTip #MastodonTips #FediTip #feditips