@lxo thank you for the advice Alexandre - obrigada - and hello @josemurilo . I would love to connect about this and get tips from you, if you have any time in the coming weeks
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Quand les journaux vendent de la publicité, ils ne manquent pas de présenter un kit media qui décrit leur publication, ligne éditoriale, nombre de copies, etc.
Ils présentent aussi un portrait de leur lectorat. Revenu moyen, niveau d'éducation, etc, car certains profils démographiques sont plus intéressants pour les annonceurs.
En présentant Mastodon, que pourrait-ton dire de la faune qui le peuple? Définitivement plus techno. Niveau de scolarité plus élevé?
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@_elena
Dear Elena, that's a great idea! The #DiDaySupportCommunity is on your side and will push and fav your post so you can show it to Louvre's social media team and make them see how many people would gladly welcome them here!
@Mastodon
@kiki thank you so much, I really appreciate! My biggest challenge is that I have ZERO social media accounts on Big Tech platforms so I can't reach the Louvre there. But I will create a splash page on my site with arguments to convince them... and if people who still have accounts on Instagram or Facebook could share that, it would be grand
great picture, perfect choice!
@josemurilo@mato.social may be able to help.
he's got the Brazilian Institute for Museums in the Fediverse.
surely the Louvre wouldn't want to be left behind 😉
CC: @Mastodon@mastodon.social
@lxo thank you for the advice Alexandre - obrigada - and hello @josemurilo . I would love to connect about this and get tips from you, if you have any time in the coming weeks
Hi @_elena! And thanks to @lxo for the link.
As you can imagine, it all starts with #freesoftware, and in our case, #publicpolicy. #Tainacan began as a tool for publishing #digitalcollections and, over 10 years, became part of Latin America’s open cultural digital infrastructure. As a #WordPress plugin, it helped low-budget institutions adopt it easily—and now it’s attracting larger #museums too. Our current focus is bringing digital collections into #theFediverse.
Info: https://josemurilo.com/2025/12/05/museums-in-the-fediverse-experiments-with-tainacan-activitypub-and-websocial/
@josemurilo @lxo I'm so impressed by your work Jose! And delighted to see the collaboration with @newsmast and @michael . If you have any tips for me as to how to convince the Louvre Museum to join the Fediverse, I'm all ears
@_elena @lxo @michael
It would be easy for the Louvre webteam to play with #WordPress & #Tainacan. Once installed the plugin can fastly import collections from different sources, organize the metadata, and pull out amazing different web presentations with WordPress templates adapted to Tainacan. The new Fediverse #curation feature opens the possibility to select directly from the collection and build threads for scheduled publishing on the Fediverse, like that:
https://social.museus.gov.br/@brasiliana/116330805058195346
@_elena @josemurilo @lxo @newsmast @michael hi Elena, I think transparency and preservation are the main arguments. As public institutions the content they create should be available for everyone without barriers. Public content should be in the open web. In my institution we are nos here yet (I’m advocating) but we created www.banrepcultural.org/redes where we publish the same content that goes for IG.
@irenerd thank you for this and for your advocacy ❤️ @josemurilo @lxo @newsmast @michael
@_elena
So where's the alt-txt you wrote for the painting ?
@moskitokoenig thank you! I'm already compiling a wish list of other museums to reach out to. The Uffizi in Firenze is second on my list
@SteveClough I'd like to be optimistic. Once the Louvre is here (not if, but once, wink wink) I'll go on a campaign for Italian museums. Aiming high with the Uffizi in Firenze... Gotta take advantage of the fact I speak both French and Italian, LOL
@_elena If - sorry once - the Louvre joins, I think others will want to join too. It is considered the premier European museum (not sure I agree, but it is).
So I hope you are successful. I feel that the fedi has a lot of artistic people, who would appreciate some of the great museums across Europe.
@_elena Nice!
But we really also need one saying:
https://mastodon.social/@alttexthalloffame/112406818563346348
@_elena @Mastodon @RaymondPierreL3 love the tshirt, sadly it’s not available to be shipped to Australia would be great marketing to explain to people why you should use ALT Text. :)
Il y a là, il me semble, plusieurs conneries potentielles.
@_elena Well, there is already https://reseauculture.fr/directory Mastodon instance with a bunch of other museums in France. They just have to join the movement !
@softicecreamlesley merci beaucoup !
@_elena Great! May they listen to you and learn how to write alt text. 😁
It would be so easy for them to have at least automated content. And hey, they could join that French instance https://reseauculture.fr/about for #culture and #museums!
@Jerry thank you Jerry 😊
If anyone can do it you can!: get “the Louvre Museum to join the Fediverse”. Go Elena!! 😁👍
@Su_G thank you! I will give it my best 🤗
@Mastodon@mastodon.social @_elena@mastodon.social Excellent ! Awesome target !! Looking forward to seeing the Louvre on the fediverse. Please let us know how you plan to manage this.
@_elena @Mastodon You may be interested in a little webring I've recently started 😊 -> https://human-made.site
still in it's infancy style-wise.
you could tell when and where the next construction phase begins, and where to park the getaway car.
:>
@_elena you might also be interested in this:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/too-many-scientists-still-say-caucasian/
Caucasian = either someone from the Caucasus region (not, typically by today's categories, a white person) or a white person under one of a handful extraordinarily racist categories.
You can just say white, if that's a useful detail!
@amministratore I try 😅
If by the end of 2026 the European Commission has the link to their Mastodon account on their homepage... and the Louvre joins the Fediverse, I know it would have been a very good year
@_elena good luck and may the Lord be by your side 🙏🏼
@_elena Be sure to point to the Danish National Gallery as an example of a similar institution which already has joined the Fediverse! https://expressional.social/@smk
@mkj absolutely! I'm super impressed by what @jonassmith has done
