Mastodawn

xbyte1024 May 22, 2024

Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay.

Today, we launched our new Mastodon instance. It will ensure a privacy-focused space to engage with and get the latest from our Commissioners, departments, and the official voices of the Commission.

We want to thank @Mastodon for stewarding us and helping us make this possible.

Fostering European digital players is vital to our strategy for a stronger #DigitalEU.

This is a unique opportunity to grow the community even more. Let's get there!

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European Commission May 17, 2024

A journey only becomes one when it begins somewhere.

That's why we are grateful to @EDPS for having created and skillfully managed the EUVoice pilot instance.

Your vision has opened new horizons for us and European institutions.

Our new instance will only foster our engagement with this truly amazing community and be a reference for any institution interested in embracing the fediverse and open alternatives.

What is the difference between the old and the new instance?

And why do you decide to create a new one?

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Elias Probst May 17, 2024

@nick see this thread with explanations from @jwildeboer:
https://social.chinwag.org/@FediThing/112455211987673529

@EUCommission @[email protected]

FediThing 🏳️‍🌈 (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] So... hang on... they are moving from their own instance to their own instance? They already had their own instance and now they have another one? I'm really happy they are still self-hosting but am confused about why they changed the subdomain when they're still going to be on the official europa.eu domain. Guessing might be some administrative reason? (Don't get me wrong, am really really glad they are carrying on with their own instance whatever form it takes! 🥳 )

Chinwag Social

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Nordnick

May 17, 2024

@eliasp @jwildeboer @EUCommission @EDPS

Thanks.

But still wondering why the existing instance wasn't kept... e.g. by moving it in some way.

But anyhow... good to know, that the #EU is still with us in the #Fediverse.

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Nordnick

May 17, 2024

@eliasp @jwildeboer @EUCommission @EDPS

And now i collect statistics for both instances...

social.network.europa.eu
https://www.mastodonien.de/instanz/social.network.europa.eu

ec.social-network.europa.eu
https://www.mastodonien.de/instanz/ec.social-network.europa.eu

Have a nice and sunny weekend!

Mastodonien.de * mastodonien.de

mastodonien.de

www.mastodonien.de

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Klarname May 17, 2024

@nick @eliasp @jwildeboer @EUCommission @EDPS nicht
DIE (ganze)
EU. Aktuell scheint uns nur die Komission erhalten zu bleiben...

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European Commission May 17, 2024

Hi @nick! Thank you for your questions! Our old instance was created, hosted and managed by @EDPS as part of a pilot project for a Mastodon server. As the pilot project was coming to an end, we decided to build on its success by setting a permanent instance, ensuring the continued and uninterrupted presence of our institution on Mastodon. The new instance is hosted and managed by the European Commission and has no expiry date.

Hi!

Thanks for your reply.

Good to know, that this new instance "has no expiry date"... so will hopefully stay forever.

Just wonder, that you don't took over the existing instance / URL.

Have a nice weekend.

P.S.: Already >3k posts... ;-)
https://www.mastodonien.de/instanz/ec.social-network.europa.eu

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paradeiser May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @nick @[email protected] That’s great news. 👍🏻

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mirabilos May 18, 2024

@EUCommission @EDPS @nick and why Mastodon instead if something better, more maintainable, less problematic…

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Nordnick 🌐May 18, 2024

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]

Maybe because the previous instance was set up using #Mastodon...!?!

Did you have a specific alternative #Fediverse platform in mind?

Btw.: This post was sent via #Mammuthus... ;-)

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mirabilos May 18, 2024

@EUCommission @nick @nick @EDPS nothing specific, just not the monopolist with a centralising attitude.

I personally am extremely happy with GotoSocial (despite its alpha status it’s very solid), others are happy with Akkoma, …

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Ponda May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon Didn't you have a fediverse instance before? What's the difference now?

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Janne Moren May 17, 2024

@ponda @EUCommission @Mastodon
I believe that was more of a trial. Now there's a permanent instance, with - I assume - all the things they've learned about Mastodon incorporated into the setup.

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unlucio 🌍

May 17, 2024

@ponda @EUCommission @Mastodon until yesterday it was an experimental instance that would have been shut down for lack of funding.
I guess someone stepped in to help.
Now let's just hope it was for the sake of good rather than for the sake of profit.

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Tuxicoman May 17, 2024

@ponda @EUCommission @Mastodon

https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2024/edps-decentralised-social-media-pilot-end-successful-story_en

The peertube and mastodon servers are closing...

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Michael Ditsch May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon Congratulations! This is a good decision and a good solution for the #Fediverse and the #EU!

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BeerIsGood May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon

nice 👍

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⚡️ axeshun ⚡️

May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon 💞💞💞

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Dutch Investor May 17, 2024

@EUCommission Thank you and congratulations!
It would be great if individual EU leaders would also start posting here, so you don't have to copy-paste screenshots from the deadbird site into Mastodon anymore.

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BerlinFokus May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon

Just wow ! 🤗

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Etua May 17, 2024

@EUCommission Will EC's instance be open to other EU-related institutions like @eib? My guess is they will not be keen on operating separate instances just for 1-2 accounts.

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Jan Žegklitz 🇺🇦May 17, 2024

@EUCommission Now it is quite confusing. Which instance was the old one, which is the new one, and are you just migrating? Or are both going to be around? Which one is the primary one, if there is such a thing, or if they are equal, how do they differ? Could you, please, clarify?

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Dutch Investor May 17, 2024

@zegkljan @EUCommission I'm guessing the old one is already gone, and it's now only this one. So it's not complicated.

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Jan Žegklitz 🇺🇦May 17, 2024

@Dutchinvestor @EUCommission I am not sure about that. Both https://social.network.europa.eu and https://ec.social-network.europa.eu work (at the time of writing this).

EU Voice

EU Voice is the official ActivityPub platform of the EU institutions. With EU Video, it is part of an alternative social media pilot proposed and provided by the European Data Protection Supervisor.

Mastodon hosted on social.network.europa.eu

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Dutch Investor May 17, 2024

@zegkljan @EUCommission Oh you are right, that looks complicated.... There I was thinking EU keeps it simple for a change. Servers names are also needlessly long, why not just use something short like social.eu or whatever.

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Nasher

May 17, 2024

@zegkljan @EUCommission The old one was social-network.europa.eu and it looked like it would be used by several EU institutions. The new one is prefixed with EC, which seems like it's meant for the sole use of the European Commission... The old one is no longer reachable, which means all previous posts were lost in the process. Odd move, I must say.

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Jan Žegklitz 🇺🇦May 17, 2024

@nasher @EUCommission Ok, I didn't notice the EC prefix. However, there is also https://social.network.europa.eu. How is it related?

EU Voice

EU Voice is the official ActivityPub platform of the EU institutions. With EU Video, it is part of an alternative social media pilot proposed and provided by the European Data Protection Supervisor.

Mastodon hosted on social.network.europa.eu

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Nasher

May 17, 2024

@zegkljan @EUCommission Ah, thanks, I was trying to reach social-network.europa.eu, that explains why it wasn't reachable...
But it is indeed questionable why there are 2 different although overlaping instances...

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European Commission May 17, 2024

Hi @zegkljan! Thank you for your comment! The old instance referred to is ‘social.network.europa.eu’, a pilot project conducted by the EDPS. The new one is ‘ec.social-network.europa.eu’. As the EDPS phases out their pilot project, we are migrating our accounts to our own instance that we will continue to run for the Commission. (1/2)

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European Commission May 17, 2024

@zegkljan The old instance was created, hosted and managed by @EDPS as part of a pilot project. As the pilot project was coming to an end, we decided to create a new instance to ensure our continued presence on Mastodon. The new instance is hosted and managed by the European Commission and has no expiry date. We are grateful to EDPS for their pilot that brought amazing engagement and opened the doors to a passionate community. (2/2)

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Jan Žegklitz 🇺🇦May 17, 2024

@EUCommission Thank you for the clarification!

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Ralf Bendrath May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @zegkljan @EDPS And who will continue the EU mastodon accounts that do not belong to the Commission? Can they also migrate to your new server?

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Sebastian Lasse May 17, 2024

@EUCommission

While the first is nice, the second is unfortunately not true:

The EU is giving millions and millions to hypercapitalist monopolies in the form of Horizon and other lobby-funds.

There is no „real“ Open Source nor Open Protocol funding.
The opposite is the case:
Fedidevs loose their non-profit status.

Please read my interviews, e.g. [DE] https://www.hirzel.de/in-der-social-media-falle/9783777633893 or come to Conferences of the good lobby https://conference.publicspaces.net/en

@Mastodon

In der Social Media Falle | 300003389

Es ist paradox: Noch nie war es dank unzähliger Plattformen und Kanäle so einfach, seine Meinung zu äußern. Noch nie aber entschieden auch so wenige Menschen über die Regeln dieser Plattformen. Noch nie war deshalb die für unsere Demokratien entscheidend…

S. Hirzel Verlag

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Newsmast Foundation May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon

Great to see commitment to fedi and growing the community 🧡

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Troed Sångberg May 17, 2024

@EUCommission

So instead of a general EU instance at "social.network.europa.eu" there's now a single instance for the European Commission only at "ec.social-network.europa.eu"?

I'm happy that you're still here, but wow that seems like a waste of resources. Running the instance for the EC only is no more work than running one at one level higher for all of the EU institutions :(

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European Commission May 17, 2024

Hi @troed! Thank you for your comment! The old instance was a pilot. After a technical and legal analysis of this pilot, we concluded that it was appropriate to establish an instance dedicated only to the Commission to comply with the high data protection standards of each EU institution. While we were the first EU institution to create its own instance, we are committed to helping the other institutions do the same or migrate their content to another established instance.

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Miguel Torrellas May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon that's an awfully long instance name

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Dutch Investor May 17, 2024

@migtorr @EUCommission @Mastodon Keeping things simple is soooo not European.

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Dec [{(

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@migtorr @EUCommission @Mastodon
Be glad that the hostname doesn't require ".eu.int" at the end anymore!

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Nasher

May 17, 2024

Hi @EUCommission, what is the reason for ditching social.network.europa.eu and why is @[email protected] leaving Mastodon ?

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Karcsesz

May 17, 2024

@EUCommission
A migration so seamless that I probably wouldn't have noticed the domain change without this post.
Excellent job, and happy to see that you've found a way to stay here ^^

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nfilipes May 17, 2024

@Karcsesz @EUCommission true. I see some complaints regarding the move but to view the post means you are no longer following the old instance 😃

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Egon Willighagen May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon how will the new instance be used? Will EP members be able to create an account here? HorizonEurope projects too?

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CitroenSleutelAap May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon I wonder if in the future, EU members will have their own instance, federated with @EUCommission ?

Seems like a more fair model than having EU members on @ec.social-network.europa.eu

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Tomi the Slav and 1024 others May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon I see you managed to transfer old posts and accounts. Good!

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John A. Mulhall May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon Great to hear, and thank you for the committment. It is an important step we take together as a community.

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Konstantin Macher May 17, 2024

@EUCommission
That is good to hear. 🎉
I wonder, is the ec.social-network.europa.eu-Instance then only for the commission and its departments and what happens to the other institutions, that were previously on social-network.europa.eu?
Will there be ep.social-network.europa.eu etc.? And what about other institutions such as @Curia? Will the commission host these as well on ec.social-network.europa.eu or support them in hosting their own instances?
CC @netzpolitik_feed @markusreuter @zarasophos

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European Commission May 17, 2024

Hi @pneutig! Thank you for your questions! Our new instance will only host accounts belonging to the European Commission, including Commissioners, Directorates-General, and spokespersons. While we were the first EU institution to create its own instance, we anticipate that other EU institutions will do the same. We are committed to helping them create their own instances or migrate their content to another established instance.

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Official Slavutych Славутич 🏡May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon
Slavutych city welcomes you.
Greetings from UA🇺🇦.

As an active community we are open to any cooperation! That would be a great case, driven by federated social media!!!

[email protected]
[email protected]

Hold on!!!

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Jure Repinc

May 17, 2024

@EUCommission @Mastodon Great to hear this and also I hope you would do a lot more to promote Mastodon and do more to encourage people to move from closed surveillance platforms run by pro[to]fascist sociopaths to open privacy and freedom respecting platforms like this one.

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Nelfaneor May 17, 2024

@EUCommission

Can you give us a more precise planning about the deployment of the different parts of the European administration on the #Fediverse ? Can you ensure us before the elections there shall be a real political commitment from the whole European administration to remain on the #Fediverse and to promote its effective use everywhere in the European institutions and beyond ?

@Mastodon

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