π New post π
"Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse"
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#SocialMedia #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #SocialSovereignty #policy #BigTech #Fediverse #TheFutureIsFederated #RSS #SocialWeb
Yesterday I wrote: "Public institutions are funded by taxpayers' money: their communications serve public interests and should be open to all - without the need of creating social media accounts on proprietary, for-profit closed systems. This is especially salient for European governmental communications: isnβt it absurd that they would require social media accounts owned and run by U.S. based companies?"
Credit goes to @samvie for suggesting I add the bit "funded by taxpayers' money" π
ah, ecco, mi ero perso l'account di Henna Virkkunen
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I think I'm gonna ask all the commissioners with a #bluesky account, to *at least* enable #bridgyfed
@quillmatiq
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@luca yes! Many actually have accounts in both places but post far more frequently on Bluesky.
I'm thinking of Alexandra Geese and Henna Virkkunen just to name a few...
Also, X/Twitter give you the illusion of being able to take part in a discussion. Unless you have a the blue check mark, no one sees what you write and no one sees the comments you adress an elected official using Twitter.
Imagine a political assembly where only those wearing a paid badge can use the microphone.
Moving public deliberation to Twitter undermines the very foundation of democracy.
@MichelPatrice indeed.
I was on Twitter for 14 YEARS and I had a blue checkmark (I forget when Twitter gave it to me, but it might have been in 2015-2016?). Checkmark or not, my visibility was terrible unless I posted there every day... and even at that, I might have 30 likes/boosts.
I HATE 99.9% OF ALGORITHMS (except chronological that is). They're just so rubbish when you want to engage in real conversations
Keep doing what you do.
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> I look forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions
Well, great article, Elena ! I would love to disseminate a French version.
Did you link with @leavex ? They carry roughly the same message though not ruling out Bluesky.
Thank you for your thoughts about Bluesky, by the way! I am struggling to understand eurosky. Any thoughts on it?
@fresseng the #LeaveX campaign doesn't rule out #Bluesky, but we favor the Fediverse and particularly #Mastodon. See our message:
https://leavex.eu/posts/concrete-european-alternatives-to-x/
We discussed this with @_elena during #FOSDEM. Specifically, we believe that the Fediverse is the most resilient solution. However, we don't want to exclude the possibility of building *bridges* with the millions of people who have chosen Bluesky. (cc @bjoernsta)
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On January 22, MEPs Alexandra Geese and Veronika CifrovΓ‘ OstrihoΕovΓ‘ were contacted per email regarding these proposals. We will publish their responses here if they answer. Dear Alexandra Geese, Dear Veronika CifrovΓ‘ OstrihoΕovΓ‘, Dear fellow signatories and Members of the European Parliament,
I don't get the rss part.
I tried with your adress in the Thunderbird rss reader thing, it doesn't seem to work. I added /rss to your adress, still doesn't work.
Does it work with any fediverse adress, or does the account need to have somehow enabled somekind of rss switch?
When I will get back home tonight, I will try with some other accounts.
This rss feature would be quite cool.
Thank you. I will try when I get back home.
It also works with hashtags. I just tried it.
Look for a hashtag in the search box. Click on the hashtag in the result list. Copy the link in navigation bar and add .rss.
I am now just waiting to see if I will get this hashtag's publications from the whole fediverse (which would be cool) or from Mastodon only.
@nclm thank you Nicolas and ooooh I had completely missed this. Sounds EPIC!
P.S.: are you attending JDLL this year? Sadly I can't make it and I'm all kinds of sad about it π’
P.P.S.: please keep me posted about your thing/announcement in case I miss it π
@_elena Saw it there so itβs still pretty early Iβm guessing: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/38163 π
P.S. Oh no, too bad youβre missing on the conference! βΉοΈ Are there maybe any other events youβll be going to? π Pretty sure Iβll attend, yes!
P.P.S. Itβs actually public just as of today!! Have a look here for a first glimpse at it: https://code.vinyl-cache.org/vinyl-cache/project-identity/src/branch/main/vinyl-cache-identity.pdf π (By the way, theyβre on Mastodon too now! And thank you again for sharing the original call for entries! Iβll post an announcement soon as well)
@_elena This is such an important issue! All universities, institutions, citizens & responsible communicators should be using a "communications platform that is accessible to all citizens, without the need for an account; an independent network not subject to [monetisation &] censorship due to opaque algorithms or political bias."
Thanks for this clear explanation!
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π Thanks for making the case!
I believe it is also important to learn from and βfameβ the π³π±π©πͺπ«π·πͺπΊ government organisations and public institutions who are already active on Mastodon/Fediverse π§π
Leibniz Open Science
Elena Rossini β
macfranc
Oliwier Jaszczyszyn
John Faithfull ππͺπΊπ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ§‘βπ»βπΏ
Talia Hussain
Icanbob
Luca Sironi
Michel Patrice
Nicolas Fressengeas
Leave X - Protect Democracy
Ruud
ImaCrea
nicolas β
al
Leonieke
AquaClaire
Nuvalon 
Sweet Home Alaberta π¨π¦ πΊπ¦ π³οΈβπ π³οΈββ§οΈ π²π½
Bart Knubben