The problem is not the need to use social media, but rather the need to use social media/communications where the people are. Social media that isn't where the

The problem is not the need to use social media, but rather the need to use social media/communications where the people are. Social media that isn't where the people are is irrelevant. Mastodon is irrelevant for government purposes for that reason. They would do it if it had a large number of people. Governments and corps are in the same battle for eyeballs as everyone else. They can't win that by being away from the eyeballs. Government could limit updates to a town crier. But the end result of that is far fewer people get the update, not that everyone goes to see the crier.