Many people and organisations are leaving Twitter. Are there any plans for iNaturalist to move to Mastodon? It would be nice if iNaturalist would at least crosspost so people who leave Twitter can stay in touch.

To answer the OP: currently there are no plans for iNat to leave Twitter (or Facebook or Instagram). Yes, they all have serious problems but they are also useful avenues for outreach. And really, we post to those platforms maybe 8-10 times a week and I sometimes retweet cool papers or projects to g…

Were any on Twit-ter? Twitter has been an absolute dumpster fire from its very beginning. I don’t imagine Twitter’s future has much impact on iNat.

iNat has a twitter account with 60,000+ followers, with things like observation of the day, blog posts, etc being posted. Not an inconsiderable audience, especially for more casual users who may not see these things on iNat itself

That’s 2.4%% of iNat users. Not insignificant, but not significant either. Sure, Twitter has an impact, but pretty much all anyone needs to know about Twitter is in the first 4 letters.

Remember recently, when iNat suddenly went dark? It happens. Then we NEED an alternative to find out - where have you gone? When will you be back? I can’t even log in to the forum, because I use my (gone dark) iNat profile. It’s not about using Twitter, it is about the news feed aspect when it is…

Automated email alert? Simple and doesn’t require any other resources.

Most people - including most iNat users - aren’t obsessively focused on the US culture wars. I doubt many iNatters will leave Twitter, and it would be a shame if iNat stopped posting to them for the sake of making a political statement.

It’s not my place to make any judgment, and I avoid most social media personally, but it does seem important that research bodies remain impartial.

Yes, but what happens when the platform itselft (Twitter) fails to be impartial? What happens when Twitter mutates into something like, Parler ? I don’t think participating in platform that is contributing measurable harm to our society has any merit whatsoever. While I see companies like GM and A…

Will iNaturalist leave Twitter?

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stefadrian November 5, 2022, 8:16am 3

I follow iNat on iNat.

Why do some passionate iNatters NOT use the forum?

Posting a famous person on iNat, did I make a mistake?

Other Naturalist Online Communities?

Who's currently playing iNatGuessr in 2026? (GeoGuessr Player)

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Alternative to iNat Twitter feed with free API access? General web	4	511	August 30, 2023
No more free Twitter updates - can iNat help? General web	30	1378	April 13, 2023
BlueSky Social Network General	37	1335	December 7, 2024
iNaturalist Bluesky feed General	7	605	November 30, 2023
iNaturalist on Mastodon General	75	4368	February 10, 2023

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