Privately-owned social media already took way too much space for the online discourse, to a point where the government is unable to effectively communicate crucial information to its citizens when needed.
They need to take it back, and establish a foundation on open standards and protocols. Our government should strive for openness and accessibility.
It’s hard work to deploy and maintain at scale, but it’s better than the status quo.
And this is where the fediverse could really shine. Forget Twitter, Facebook, and what have you, spin up an official instance of Lemmy, Mastodon, or whatever, and put official notices on there. Build tools that will automatically propagate those onto previous platforms for those that actually use them - summaries and web links would be enough, and also drive people to the new systems in a low-pressure way. After all, it’s not like you need an account to open the links like you may with the other social platforms.
Privately-owned social media already took way too much space for the online discourse, to a point where the government is unable to effectively communicate crucial information to its citizens when needed.
They need to take it back, and establish a foundation on open standards and protocols. Our government should strive for openness and accessibility.
It’s hard work to deploy and maintain at scale, but it’s better than the status quo.
And this is where the fediverse could really shine. Forget Twitter, Facebook, and what have you, spin up an official instance of Lemmy, Mastodon, or whatever, and put official notices on there. Build tools that will automatically propagate those onto previous platforms for those that actually use them - summaries and web links would be enough, and also drive people to the new systems in a low-pressure way. After all, it’s not like you need an account to open the links like you may with the other social platforms.
And Mastodon offers RSS feeds out of the box, allowing anyone to subscribe to an account without requiring an account.
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I almost responded in good faith until I noticed your username. Go troll elsewhere.
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And if recognition of your name wasn’t enough to identify you as a troll, your subsequent follow-up nailed that coffin shut.