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title: "Emerald Social: A Local Mastodon Server"
date: 2022-09-03T18:02:10-07:00
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title: 'Emerald Social: A Local Mastodon Server'
date: 2022-09-03T18:02:10.000-07:00
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- tech
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- emerald social
- tech
- eugene
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## Introduction
With social media, I've found that people will often gravitate towards whatever is put in-front of them. As such, it is a great power, and thus great responsibility to have control of that. Unfortunately, as it stands, platforms like (but not limited to) Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Tiktok fail to handle this responsibility well. It's well-known that corporate social media abuses its power to [destroy people's mental health](https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documents-show-11631620739) and [influence elections](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/russian-propaganda-group-purchased-ads-facebook-2016-election-heres-means). Not only that, but they intentionally foster communities of toxicity for profit.
With social media, I've found that people will often gravitate towards whatever is put in-front of them. As such, it is a great power, and thus great responsibility to have control of that. Unfortunately, as it stands, platforms like (but not limited to) Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok fail to handle this responsibility well. It's well-known that corporate social media abuses its power to [destroy people's mental health](https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documents-show-11631620739) and [influence elections](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/russian-propaganda-group-purchased-ads-facebook-2016-election-heres-means). Not only that, but they intentionally foster communities of toxicity for profit.
## Go Local?
If national news sucks, why not go local? Much the same might be said for social media. However, in local communities, there aren't any *good* options in practice.
If national news sucks, why not go local? Much the same might be said for social media. However, in local communities, there aren't any _good_ options in practice.
### Neighbors
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To add one more to that list, I introduce [Emerald Social](https://emeraldsocial.org/about), a social network for the Eugene-Springfield, Oregon area!
The
In essence, it serves the same purpose as the aforementioned instances but for Eugene. Instead of being a proprietary NIMBY haven, Emerald Social seeks to be a welcoming and friendly space for locals to discuss local issues, while still being able to follow accounts on other instances.
What are you waiting for? [Join Emerald Social](https://emeraldsocial.org/about) today!