A curated directory of academics, university accounts, groups, and servers on Mastodon, organized by discipline.
Academics on Mastodon is a curated directory and resource hub that helps scholars find and connect with peers on the Mastodon social network. It solves the problem of discovering relevant academic accounts and communities across the decentralized fediverse by providing organized lists by discipline, university, and interest.
Researchers, professors, graduate students, and academic staff across all disciplines who use or are migrating to Mastodon and want to build their scholarly network.
It saves time by aggregating scattered academic presence on Mastodon into a single, structured resource, supports the open fediverse ethos, and fosters interdisciplinary connections through community-maintained, opt-in lists.
A list of various lists consisting of academics on Mastodon
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Curated lists span over 50 disciplines, from Astrophysics to Law, each with opt-in forms for self-addition, as detailed in the extensive directory sections.
Lists are managed by domain experts across fields, ensuring relevance and adherence to the opt-in principle highlighted in the README's notes and warnings.
Includes not just Mastodon accounts but also groups, preprint bots, academic servers, and guides for platforms like Lemmy and Matrix, supporting broader migration.
Features a verified list of university and research institution accounts, helping legitimize fediverse adoption and providing models for others.
Entries rely on external Google Sheets and individual websites, leading to inconsistent formats, potential link rot, and no unified database.
No built-in search or filtering; users must manually scroll through static lists, which is inefficient for large disciplines like History or Sociology.
Changes require GitHub pull requests, as noted in the contribute section, so lists may lag behind rapid Mastodon migrations and community shifts.