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@tjdurham @gabrielarana thank you! It will be an interesting experiment

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@tjdurham @gabrielarana thank you! It will be an interesting experiment

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@tooearlytocall@mstdn.social it's very inexpensive right now. I think even if we get most of our staff to join (we have less than 15 :) it'll be around $30/month

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@tooearlytocall@mstdn.social it's very inexpensive right now. I think even if we get most of our staff to join (we have less than 15 :) it'll be around $30/month

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@kbg @TexasObserver I'll make this happen! I'm hoping one or two more of our team will join this week and I'll see about setting it up.

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@kbg @TexasObserver I'll make this happen! I'm hoping one or two more of our team will join this week and I'll see about setting it up.

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@kbg @TexasObserver Excellent suggestion!

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@kbg @TexasObserver Excellent suggestion!

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Welcome the Editor in Chief @gabrielarana to the TXO Mastodon instance! 🤠

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Welcome the Editor in Chief @gabrielarana to the TXO Mastodon instance! 🤠

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Based on a suggestion, I've updated our rules to make it clear to everyone using our instance that DMs are not encrypted and shouldn't be used for secure comms. I'll also be sure to bring this up directly as we're adding new staff accounts.

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Based on a suggestion, I've updated our rules to make it clear to everyone using our instance that DMs are not encrypted and shouldn't be used for secure comms. I'll also be sure to bring this up directly as we're adding new staff accounts.

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We don't have the green check on the profile for @TexasObserver yet as we most likely need to involve our developers in the process. We're working to make the update as soon as possible, but of course we're fast approaching a holiday here in the U.S. with lots of folks taking time off.

We do hope to prominently feature Mastodon on our homepage, in our newsletter, and so on.

UPDATE: https://texasobserver.social/@oconnell/109383848431522135

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We don't have the green check on the profile for @TexasObserver yet as we most likely need to involve our developers in the process. We're working to make the update as soon as possible, but of course we're fast approaching a holiday here in the U.S. with lots of folks taking time off.

We do hope to prominently feature Mastodon on our homepage, in our newsletter, and so on.

UPDATE: https://texasobserver.social/@oconnell/109383848431522135

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Our third day, our first transphobe, our first retaliatory domain block (they are a known bad actor so I won't spam the feditips hashtag).

I'll be working on our blocklist this week.

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Our third day, our first transphobe, our first retaliatory domain block (they are a known bad actor so I won't spam the feditips hashtag).

I'll be working on our blocklist this week.

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@ottaross I added it to our instance rules today. 😊

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@ottaross I added it to our instance rules today. 😊

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@krisnelson well, I'm second guessing it a little but it's all an experiment for now. :) If it becomes a problem & we have the iT help, we'll make the switch in the future.

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@krisnelson well, I'm second guessing it a little but it's all an experiment for now. :) If it becomes a problem & we have the iT help, we'll make the switch in the future.

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Some folks are asking about staff accounts here. This is a closed instance for Texas Observer staff. We plan to allow our users to freely move their accounts onto other instances when they leave TXO or for any other reason.

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Some folks are asking about staff accounts here. This is a closed instance for Texas Observer staff. We plan to allow our users to freely move their accounts onto other instances when they leave TXO or for any other reason.

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Howdy y'all. Some folks have questioned why we used texasobserver.social vs. social.texasobserver.org. Without getting into too many details, we're a small team without a dedicated IT department, and our web hosting setup is a bit complex. This was the simplest/safest solution for setup by a non-techie (me) to not potentially interfere with our main website's uptime.

We plan to establish authenticity with links back from our website & other existing channels.

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Howdy y'all. Some folks have questioned why we used texasobserver.social vs. social.texasobserver.org. Without getting into too many details, we're a small team without a dedicated IT department, and our web hosting setup is a bit complex. This was the simplest/safest solution for setup by a non-techie (me) to not potentially interfere with our main website's uptime.

We plan to establish authenticity with links back from our website & other existing channels.

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I'm probably just going to use this account for my stories and occasional administrative notes about the @TexasObserver instance.

Follow @kitoconnell for the (very) unfiltered Kit.

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I'm probably just going to use this account for my stories and occasional administrative notes about the @TexasObserver instance.

Follow @kitoconnell for the (very) unfiltered Kit.