Registration for oceansocial.us is currently limited to marine professionals working in science, education, conservation, policy, and management. If you would like to join, please email Andrew at andrew@blackbeardbiologic.com.

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oceansocial.us is a Mastodon instance for marine professionals working in science, education, conservation, policy, and management. Building upon Dr. Craig McClain's work on establishing "Nerds of Trust" on social networks oceansocial.us is a cohesive community within the fediverse to discuss and share ocean news, stories, and ideas as well as providing a resource for people interested in connecting with marine professionals.

If you'd like to help support oceansocial.us and help cover administration and server hosting fees, please consider making a small monthly contribution to Andrew's Patreon campaign: Andrew David Thaler is creating tools for ocean science and conservation.

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What is Mastodon?

Mastodon is a social network based on open web protocols and free, open-source software. It is decentralized like e-mail.

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Built for real conversation

With 500 characters at your disposal and support for granular content and media warnings, you can express yourself the way you want to.

You’re a person, not a product

Mastodon is not a commercial network. No advertising, no data mining, no walled gardens. There is no central authority.

Always within reach

Multiple apps for iOS, Android, and other platforms thanks to a developer-friendly API ecosystem allow you to keep up with your friends anywhere.

A more humane approach

Learning from failures of other networks, Mastodon aims to make ethical design choices to combat the misuse of social media.

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