blaineNov 17, 2022

A number of people have asked me if I think that governments should run Mastodon instances for citizens. There may be exceptions, but I don't think governments should be in this business, for a variety of reasons.

However, I do think that *Libraries* would be *amazing* hosts for public federated social media communities. Just sayin'.

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Show threadStop-the-MAGAss-ReichNov 17, 2022
@blaine But govt should run their own servers. All the way from local to fed. Current infomation is so scattered that the average citizen cannot get important timely information.
Show threadpaleszNov 17, 2022
@lumiere2016 @blaine I think government should just not run a big single instance, but each govt agency should run their own and local governments should run their own separate servers too. Why? Think of a potentially toxic regime taking over and wanting to control communication... They'd have harder time with more instances with different moderation policies.
Show threadpalesz
@lumiere2016 @blaine Beside the above, I think the important part is that citizens should not be able to get accounts on these servers.
Nov 17, 2022 at 9:43amWeb