So Elon Musk is now saying Twitter will give free API access to public service groups like weather alerts, etc.
But honestly, I don’t know why anyone, public service group or not, continues to trust Musk for anything. Can you say, “sunk cost fallacy?”
What i wonder is why doesn't the white house, as the executive arm of the federal govt, just set up its own Mastodon server, and start federating right now, and allow me, a citizen, to get up to date information from my govt without having to go through Elon musk's private company?
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I think this is where ActivityPub will thrive in the long-term. Companies and organizations will be able to send out their messages via their own infrastructure (or by paying a third party) just like they do with email.
I'm surprised that more companies haven't just spun up instances and mirrored their announcements on ActivityPub. The cost of hosting a small ActivityPub server is just so tiny compared to the budgets of governments and mega-corporations.
@jztusk @Green_Footballs Unfortunately a White House version would be DOA the moment a fascist^WRepublican is Electoral College'd back in there. But various agencies, especially the ones who are the most useful on birdsite, could and should do it. I've been on that train!
Okay, so, I know American government agencies in the fediverse is not the most popular idea, but BMX @ social . weather . gov when? It would be excellent to not have to be on birdsite to get the most timely updates from my local WFO. #ALWX #NWS
@jztusk @Green_Footballs For the US govt., I'm sure that the explanation has something to do with Mastodon not originating in the US. The three sites where the US govt is most active (Twitter, FB, IG) are all part of US corporations.
Not saying that I agree with this logic, simply my best guess at what the logic might be.
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