Update on Historians.social

Dear Historians.Social community,

Thank you for being a part of our community. Over the past three years, we’ve worked to build a place on social media where those interested in discussing the past can gather together in an environment free of corporate control and censorship. We are proud of what we have built and the community that our Mastodon server now supports.

Unfortunately, that support requires money, and now our financial situation requires us to wind down the operation of the server at the end of October 2025. As you know, we operate entirely on donations, and quite simply they have never matched our expenses. We have received crucial support from Digital Scholar to maintain operations, and have each donated ourselves, but the math is unsustainable. We wanted to give you ample notice, though, so Historians.Social will not shut down until October 31. 

We are certain this is a disappointment to many of you, as it is to us. We remain committed to the mission of Clio Digital Media to produce and support what Karin calls “protein-rich” history. Though we will be shutting off automatic donations for historians.social in October, CDM  will continue with our other projects, including Ben Franklin’s World and the History Explorers Club, and would of course appreciate your support for those projects in the future; you can fund us there at https://www.cliodigital.media/

With best wishes,

Joe, Liz, and Karin