• @naught101@lemmy.world
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    116 days ago

    Right, but why would a scientist set up a mastodon server within their work place? If I were to do it (and I did set up a diaspora instance back in the day), it would be off my own bat, not on work machines.

    If I wanted my workplace to do it, that would be a different story, and I’d argue for it to be done by the IT team…

    • @ubergeek@lemmy.today
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      116 days ago

      Why would a geologist spin up a Mastodon server, period? Or any other kind of social media server?

      • @naught101@lemmy.world
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        115 days ago

        Because scientists are normal people, and probably a higher proportion of them than normal are tech nerds.

        People don’t have only one interest. The board members of fediscience.org are biosystems scientists and forensic linguists.