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> ultimately they've failed bc a "fixed social media model" almost seems antithetical to "a good business." Local governments like cities / towns should provi
by olah_1 5y ago
> ultimately they've failed bc a "fixed social media model" almost seems antithetical to "a good business."
Local governments like cities / towns should provide federated apps like Matrix / Activity Pub as a service.
Your tax money should pay for the maintenance of the servers.
- MilnerRoute 5y agoI've always wanted to see that happen. When television came along, governments funded public broadcasting channels. Now that social media has come along...why couldn't there also be a publicly-funded social media service?
- cvwright 5y agoYou want to put the next Trump in charge of your social network???
- olah_1 5y agoNo. It would be my city's technology officer, basically. Subsidiarity.