donkeyAbout to have a chat with a .govt.nz domain moderator about getting a #Mastodon instance up for local and central government agencies…
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!