from Eventbrite
A chance for mastodon users to meetup in the flesh. the inspiration from the event came from this video of a twitter event in its early growth days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb2lfY8-iRY
Social networking, back in your hands The world’s largest free, open-source, decentralized microblogging network
Mastodon isn’t one place and one set of rules: it’s thousands of unique, interconnected communities to choose from, filled with different people, interests, languages, and needs. Don’t like the rules? You’re free to join any community you like, or better yet: you can host your own, on your own terms!
Putting the user first. You’re a person, not a product. Mastodon is a free, open-source development that has been crowdfunded, not financed. All instances are independently owned, operated, and moderated. There is no monopoly by a single commercial company, no ads, and no tracking. Mastodon works for you, and not the other way around.
The are over 1 million users and growing fast this stepping outside the “walled gardens”
It's time to take a step away and mastodon is right in many ways for this step.
list of instances with a physical presents at the event:
https://campaign.openworlds.info https://joinmastodon.org