H-Net Mastodon Server Support

As Elon Musk attempts to monetize the public sphere on Twitter, H-NET is still the world's largest scholarly society dedicated to the free and open application of new media to scholarship, teaching, and service in the humanities and social sciences. Its driving energy comes from hundreds of volunteer field scholars who serve as editors and advisors for H-Net's vast collection of online networks on the H-Net Commons, where hundreds of thousands of subscribers and readers meet to share information, discuss their professional and educational interests, and pursue the life of the mind online. H-Net will always be committed to Open Access and free scholarly exchange.


H-Net's server on Mastodon will always remain free and open to users. But as our community grows, so too will the technical demands and costs for hosting. 


If you care to support our mission to maintain our Mastodon instance as a free and open public sphere, safe from bots, advertisers and bad actors, please consider contributing a donation today.

H-Net is a tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code, effective February 20, 2004. Your contribution may be tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Please contact your tax advisor for further information.

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Claire Barnes | $100

Your email today invites us to credit any listserv but omits any mention of the Mastodon server! maybe worth posting on Mastodon itself... The maturing of the Fediverse as a non-commercial Open Access network is such an exciting development for scholarship; thank you for providing the server & do encourage its use!

Claire Barnes | $50

Thanks from a Twitter-refugee for scaling up quickly & providing this community space. H-Net's commitment to Open Access & free scholarly exchange is very much appreciated.

Daniel Liu