donkeyAbout to have a chat with a .govt.nz domain moderator about getting a #Mastodon instance up for local and central government agencies…
He’s very keen and loves the idea - he’s going to sound out MBIE and the other moderators at their meeting next week. We’re hoping to get social.govt.nz as a domain and then any registered NZ government agencies can get on board the #Mastodon instance.
Thanks @simon_w for suggesting @aurynn and the #CloudIsland #CatalystCloud stack as well - we’ll put that in our discussion paper.
Aurynn Shaw
Derek Robson
Rochelle@donkey well done!
@heyrochelle Thank you! 😃
Ninja 🦝 
Andrew
Incident Creator ❎@donkey
Best of luck. No instances for the general public in that?
Best of luck. No instances for the general public in that?
@vik No, this is more so government agencies can have a #Fediverse presence and communicate here with their citizens.
Simon Welsh@donkey If they’re interested, get them to talk to Aurynn about the CloudIsland stack which mets the hosting requirements for NZ govt infrastructure and can be copied
@simon_w Oh that’s a great idea - thanks for that. That’d be a good local-instance story too.
Colin Jackson
Zeborah@donkey Ooh! Fingers crossed...
JeremyJupiterJones @donkey Great to hear, I had chatted with @sarah4ilam who is here on Mastodon about this idea. Some of us refuse to use fbook or twatter. The German’s and EU have Mastodon servers as a working example.
Bob LeFridge @jeremy_pm @donkey @sarah4ilam
Germany is the exemplar. Each department or ministry effectively runs its own Mastodon server.
Germany is the exemplar. Each department or ministry effectively runs its own Mastodon server.
@BobLefridge @jeremy_pm @sarah4ilam That sounds fascinating - I'm not sure we'd get the traction to have that many instances/moderators but I reckon we have a good shot at getting a single instance with each department or ministry with their own account on it - along with all the local government agencies. Even party accounts etc would be perfect there.
@donkey @jeremy_pm @sarah4ilam
Quite appropriately, the German Office for Data Protection & Freedom of Information hosts the Mastodon server for all government departments.
In December last year they asked all Ministries not on Mastodon to join as soon as possible. This effectively marked DE's move away from Twitter.
jak@donkey coming from NLNZ, I think that’s a great idea!
@jaknz Thanks! Imagine having a nice shiny @[email protected] account!
Brian Grinter@donkey need someone that progressive this side of the ditch…
@bgrinter thanks! Let’s see if we can get this off the ground.
David Harvey@donkey @JonathanMosen I hope it does get off the ground getting government in the department and parties on #Mastodon. I was so thankful and grateful to @explorergrace keeping me updated during #CycloneGabrielle.
@DHarvey @JonathanMosen Indeed! It would be really great to see this occur. Here’s hoping!
Also, completely agree regarding the exceptional mahi of @explorergrace. She is a complete gem of a human being.
@donkey @JonathanMosen @explorergrace I came across a platform called #Debut. Since November last year, they changed tack, and are building New Zealand’s first digital bank, similar to #Monzo, #UpBank #Revolut. I’ve submitted several ideas to the team, including getting onto #Mastodon. https://community.makingdebutbank.co.nz/t/getting-debut-onto-mastodon/283
Getting Debut onto Mastodon
In November, I was told about mastodon, a Decentralised open source Social network made up of servers around the world, called the Fediverse. With recent events and a toxic culture at Twitter, which I am referring to as the Bird site, and algorithms, at Meta and Instagram defining what can and cannot be seen, people in the BLV community are moving to Mastodon in droves because of the openness, and there is a large number of third-party apps that can be used with the service. In other words, Mas...
@DHarvey awesome!
h4nd / UntouchedCupOfTea@donkey How'd that pan out, any progress?
@h4nd Nothing headed back from DIA group yet. These things seem to happen very slowly for some reason!