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The fact so many government organizations use Twitter as a primary means of communication on alerts/events is frustrating to no end in the post Musk days. The

The fact so many government organizations use Twitter as a primary means of communication on alerts/events is frustrating to no end in the post Musk days. The profile/tweet history is downright unusable.

PaulHoule 3y ago
Sometimes I think about evangelizing the Fedi to local government officials since I am sure a lot of them are disgusted with Musk. (I live in one of the most liberal counties)
- syncbehind 3y ago
  What concerns/thoughts do you have that prevent you from doing so?
  - PaulHoule 3y ago
    Mostly other things competing for attention, not being all that personally excited about receiving messages from almost anybody, and not having a clear proposal. (Do I try to get them to run their own server, do I tell them to use somebody else’s, etc.)
- RF_Savage 3y ago
  The European Union runs their own Mastodon instance. https://social.network.europa.eu/explore https://social.network.europa.eu/explore
  - mikrotikker 3y ago
    See the US Govt wouldn't do this because then they couldn't ban anyone for speech
    - coldtrait 3y ago
      When has the US government banning someone for free speech ever a concern in the recent past ?
    - PaulHoule 3y ago
      If it is for official communications (weather alerts, subway running late) there is not much of a problem. I mean, “free speech” doesn’t include publishing a bogus weather report on weather.gov. People can go post fake weather reports at treehouse.social or some other mastodon server. Blocking might be a problem to second order. Say there is some climate denier who is just always saying that reports of 115F at the airport in Phoenix are false. Can the weather service block that person, even if means they can’t get weather alerts anymore?
      - MichaelZuo 3y ago
        Why even accept replies in the first place for weather reports?
- mattnewton 3y ago
  I think government officials will go where the people go, and right now that’s kinda up in the air?
- sgu999 3y ago
  I think you should. It only make sense that large enough entities run their own instance, they don't even have to self host it. I always found it strange that no serious professional would use an @gmail.com email but somehow publishing behind twitter.com was normal. At least now there is a viable alternative...

PaulHoule 3y ago

Sometimes I think about evangelizing the Fedi to local government officials since I am sure a lot of them are disgusted with Musk. (I live in one of the most liberal counties)

syncbehind 3y ago
What concerns/thoughts do you have that prevent you from doing so?
- PaulHoule 3y ago
  Mostly other things competing for attention, not being all that personally excited about receiving messages from almost anybody, and not having a clear proposal. (Do I try to get them to run their own server, do I tell them to use somebody else’s, etc.)
RF_Savage 3y ago
The European Union runs their own Mastodon instance. https://social.network.europa.eu/explore https://social.network.europa.eu/explore
- mikrotikker 3y ago
  See the US Govt wouldn't do this because then they couldn't ban anyone for speech
  - coldtrait 3y ago
    When has the US government banning someone for free speech ever a concern in the recent past ?
  - PaulHoule 3y ago
    If it is for official communications (weather alerts, subway running late) there is not much of a problem. I mean, “free speech” doesn’t include publishing a bogus weather report on weather.gov. People can go post fake weather reports at treehouse.social or some other mastodon server. Blocking might be a problem to second order. Say there is some climate denier who is just always saying that reports of 115F at the airport in Phoenix are false. Can the weather service block that person, even if means they can’t get weather alerts anymore?
    - MichaelZuo 3y ago
      Why even accept replies in the first place for weather reports?
mattnewton 3y ago
I think government officials will go where the people go, and right now that’s kinda up in the air?
sgu999 3y ago
I think you should. It only make sense that large enough entities run their own instance, they don't even have to self host it. I always found it strange that no serious professional would use an @gmail.com email but somehow publishing behind twitter.com was normal. At least now there is a viable alternative...