There's a bit of a storm happening around the criteria for joining http://fediscience.org - the Mastodon instance for scientists, on which I'm hosted.
It's been noted that the requirement to be a publishing scientist (who has published in the past 5 years) will exclude many junior scientists, retired sciences, and those who have maybe switched to teaching.
I agree with these concerns and wonder if the criteria can be changed to be more inclusive?
@pwgtennant Scientific illustrators and others in #sciComm should be able to join as well. We are part of the scientific community.
