One of the questions I am asked at the #Eunomia meeting, are there any politicians/journalists using Mastodon? Help me out

@Gargron does helldude count

@Gargron yes of course there are some

@Gargron @aral Aral Balkan (more journo but politico also)

@Gargron @OCCRP @sonya

@Gargron @firstdogonthemoon and @asherwolf are both Australian journalists, but I don't think either stuck it out.

@mythros I'm in an academic meeting. No, helldude does not count.

@Gargron Tommy wiseau

Please send me handles of politicians/journalists who are active on Mastodon

@Gargron watching this thread for the follow suggestions. Thanks for putting the question out there!

@Gargron so @occrp has already been mentioned in this thread, but an additional piece of context is that we now have a Mastodon/Fediverse button amongst social media buttons on our website and Mastodon/Fediverse is considered an official channel of communication, just like birdsite or any other social media.

@Gargron quite a few journalists I know have signed up, but they aren't very active here @mmasnick @sarahjeong @sarahp @leo

@Gargron I hope not. When journalists, politicians and marketeers come to Mastodon, then I fear the same will happen as on Twitter. Streams of hate and negativity all day long.

@Gargron @ulrichkelber (Germany, Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit) is on Mastodon as well.