Hello UK #GreenParty members on here: I would really like the Green Party to set up on #Mastodon.

[aschmitz@gruene.social]

@pvonhellermannn German Greens have lots (but not nearly enough) presence on Mastodon. It is not nearly used widely and consequentially enough. But in my opinion every local green party branch should have an account that they post to and monitor the replies. It doesn’t cost much.

[aaron@cutie.city]

@pvonhellermannn
I wonder if the lack of "local" servers could be an issue? My local Greens are centered in a single big town and are very active from there but I can't see them individually having a lot of traction in the wider Fedi; whereas if there was a local server along the lines of (possibly inactive, I'm not sure) epsom.social they could have more of a singular voice.

I see Zack does have some syndicated posts via a bot which is fine, but I also see a lot of other regional green parties and some multinationals are actually actively engaging here.

Perhaps starting at a local party level might push awareness up to the group level?

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@PossiblyMax i hadn’t realised- thank you! That’s great to hear!

[sarahw@mastodon.green]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63
And
@david_on_a_bike

[pythonlinks@mastodon.social]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63

The US Green Party has the same problem. They are all on fascist X, Meta and TikTok. It drives me nuts. This morning the LeftUnitySlate.org leader was slandered on corporate social media. They were not even aware that part of the problem is that corporate social media allows, and maybe even amplifies such content. Here it would be taken down by the volunteer administrators.

What to do?

[sarahw@mastodon.green]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63
Also @eco-g

[sarahw@mastodon.green]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63
I'd love to see the #greenparty set up their own instance here.

[sheddi@mstdn.party]

@pvonhellermannn
The NI Greens are here too, as @greenpartyni

Together with the Scottish Greens, that's two of the four UK nations covered.

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@Sarahw ah, thank you, that’s interesting. They must have decided against it (like 10,000s of others who joined and gave up). Maybe there should be a new mastodon drive one of these days. Some of the off-putting functionality issues have been addressed by now, though by no means all.

[simon318ppm@mastodon.sdf.org]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63 @samsterby @ScienceCommunicator @DoubleTreble @greenhousethinktank @MelSedds @corin_ja I’m pushing it in my local party. We don’t use the dead bird site any more. I’d love us to ditch Meta but I do understand the dilemma when local community pages are all on fb so that reach is irreplaceable

1/2

[simon318ppm@mastodon.sdf.org]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63 @samsterby @ScienceCommunicator @DoubleTreble @greenhousethinktank @MelSedds @corin_ja

2/2 I’m trying to get my head round the mechanics of putting motions to conference (and being told locally that “local party don’t get involved in policy!) but ultimately that’s the way to do it, I think & would provoke the debate formally

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@aaron maybe, i don’t know! Good point.

[samsterby@mastodon.green]

@Simon318ppm @pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63 @ScienceCommunicator @DoubleTreble @greenhousethinktank @MelSedds @corin_ja solidly, am working on it with what influence I’ve got 👍

[aaron@cutie.city]

@pvonhellermannn
I feel as if I could devise a use case: here are the managed service providers (and cost), here is the potential reach, etc I could put a good case to them.

That said there's nothing stopping me actually doing that, so I'll get started on it this weekend then reach out to my local party.

[sarahw@mastodon.green]

@pvonhellermannn
It's such a shame when people don't stick with it.
I understand there isn't the reach of other social media but that doesn't mean the message doesn't get through.
People are just so accustomed to an algorithm it feels like they're speaking into a void here.

[mikerspencer@mastodon.scot]

@pvonhellermannn
@ScottishGreens are here and busy.
@markhburton @junesim63

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@aaron oh that’s amazing! Please keep me updated!

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@Sarahw yes, and i think it doesn’t work especially for those who are used to or indeed may need a big platform and follower counts - as you say, without algorithms, everyone is equal..

[susiarnott@mastodon.green]

@pvonhellermannn @markhburton @junesim63
Poor IT skills, but keen to support if possible!
#GPEW #SouthwarkGreens

[pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green]

@mikerspencer @ScottishGreens @markhburton @junesim63

Yes, thank you! Learned that this morning! Brilliant. Others have also pointed me to @greenpartyni and @WestNorthantsGreens - i hadn’t realised. Will see what we can do locally (in #Eastbourne). And also what can be done to establish Mastodon more in #GreenParty as a whole. Though aware that v clearly not the first to come up with this idea.