I'm interested in following #groups on #Mastodon... are they an official thing, or an unofficial third party thing? Curious to know more about them. Right now I just know they exist in theory.
In that vein, has anyone yet created a #math or #mathed or #mtbos #ibl #gradingforgrowth etc group on Mastodon?
@keithjones I too would be interested in a #mtbos -like home here. Discussions around #gradingforgrowth, #standardsbasedgrading, etc. are the main reason I'm still on the bird site.
@dccmath I've seen discussion of groups centered around different topics, but it's hard to find anything via web search, and I don't know if it's an official feature of mastodon or a 3rd party way of taking advantage of the protocols to basically set up a "group" account to facilitate group discussions via a bot. @bookstodon@a.gup.pe is one example
@dccmath following up, that account just boosted my post... taking the time to actually read the bio: "I'm a group about bookstodon. Follow me to get all the group posts. Tag me to share with the group. Create other groups by searching for or tagging @yourgroupname@a.gup.pe"
@keithjones ... huh. Fascinating. Thanks for pointing me at this!