So it looks like Fediverse got its ‘starter packs’ too, similar to Bluesky’s (thanks to Anže and others).
Starter Packs are curated lists of fediverse accounts and you can follow them all at once or the selected ones. Like this one (Webcomic Artists):
I think starter packs save a lot of time, especially at the start of someone’s fediverse journey. Discovery of account and search is still somehow clunky in 2024. And there is no algorithm on fediverse to suggest you accounts to follow.
Functions I like:
- anybody can create starter pack
- you can check if you’re in some starter pack
I’m not sure how consensus work in the starter pack, but as it seems, it uses opt-out principle at the moment.
I quickly created 2 packs:
- EU institutions
- EU projects
They’re small packs at the moment.
Re: 1. EU institutions had many more accounts half a year ago (until Apr. 2024), but they ‘successfully ended the experiment‘, only a handful of them remained. Nobody wanted to take over the management of the ‘experimental’ servers and the domain (social.network.europa.eu/@XXXX). All 20-30 or so accounts of EU institutions vanished.
Nevertheless, European Commission set-up a new server (xxx.social-network.europa.eu) and it continues its presence on fediverse.
Re: 2. EU projects is a pack of EU funded projects. Currently it includes a few Erasmus+ KA2 projects that I know firsthand.
If you think some accounts should be added to these packs, please contact me.
Wrap-up
‘Fediverse starter pack’ is a very fresh service and I hope it will remain functional and mature over time. I hope it will be integrated in various signup pages like ‘joinmastodon’, to make fediverse experience for new users more frictionless.
Update – Slovenia Starter Pack
Thanks to @jkmcnk, there is also a slovenian starter pack that contains various local obscure celebrities, weirdos, introverted influencers and similar fine people, created approx. 22 min. ago before this blog post:
fedidevs.com/s/MTYx
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