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There is value in government agencies engaging with people where they are. Even the SEC gets some value out of promoting their activities, even if it's just awa
by JoshTriplett 3y ago
There is value in government agencies engaging with people where they are. Even the SEC gets some value out of promoting their activities, even if it's just awareness of their existence and function and corresponding public support.
That said, now that the Fediverse exists, ideally all of those government agencies would self-host their accounts, either individually or via a server for many different agencies of the same government. It makes sense for the SEC to be @sec@sec.gov or @sec@usa.gov rather than example.com/SECGov . (Which, of course, does not prevent them from having security issues.)
- shp0ngle 3y agoSEC cannot run their own twitter account without being hacked, what makes you think they can securely run their own Mastodon instance?
- JoshTriplett 3y agoI wouldn't expect the SEC to run it, I'd expect one of the government agencies responsible for IT infrastructure to run it.
- cosmojg 3y agoThe people who would be responsible for hosting such a Mastodon instance would likely be at least a bit more technically competent than those paid to post on Twitter.
- wolverine876 3y agoMaybe the security problem is at Twitter.