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Government entities should post to their own Mastodon instance first, but then also syndicate to other social media sites. That way they always maintain contro
by BobAliceInATree 2y ago
Government entities should post to their own Mastodon instance first, but then also syndicate to other social media sites.
That way they always maintain control of their main outlet (even if not many people actually access it there) and not have to worry about who controls other sites in the future.
- dyauspitr 2y agoI’ve never used mastodon but what you just said already sounds too complicated.
- aaravchen 2y agoRealistically there's no benefit to this. Why should the government(s) have to be on social media at all? They're just looking for a broadcast channel, not crowd feedback or interaction, especially not ownership of that public reaction/interaction. Twitter started as basically just exactly that. (Formerly) a democratized way for anyone to broadcast anything to the world for others to find. Measuring reach of the message became useful when you're trying to become a growing voice, but governments aren't. Replies and replies to replies are primarily people broadcasting their own separate messages, just with context for the topic. The back and forth becomes a public discussion (as in the "public at large"). But governments don't care about that, they're just broadcasting their messages somewhere people can find them. It's purely a convenience to the public if they post them in a forum that facilitates easy authoritative reference, but that could just as easily be blog posts on their own website.