Gabriel Andrés MoleroMar 19
Elena Rossini ⁂

I just visited the website of the European Data Protection Supervisor @EDPS and noticed that they have a @Mastodon icon / link in their social media navigation bar in the upper right side of the screen.

This is simply AMAZING!!!

Thank you so much for being here on the #fediverse and for raising awareness about it with your website visitors ❤️

@EUCommission can you please be next? I argued for this in my latest article: https://blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse/

#progress #GoodNews #TheFutureIsFederated

Mar 19 at 10:17amWeb
Show threadFranz GrafMar 19
@_elena @EDPS @Mastodon @EUCommission
Woah cool!!!
Show threaddunklecatMar 19
@_elena @EDPS @Mastodon @EUCommission two out of six icons are european, one out of six icons represent a decentralized, open source social based on ActivityPub that cares about its users. Well, that's a start!
Show threadElena Rossini ⁂Mar 19

@dunklecat I've been doing a deep dive into the 7 official European institutions to see how many have fediverse icons in their social media navbars. Not looking good... it may be my next article, le sigh.

A special award goes to the European Central Bank, which has links to all the usual offenders PLUS SoundCloud... but no Fedi profile

Show threaddunklecatMar 19
@_elena thank you for your amazing work. Thanks to you I discovered yunohost, and I always enjoy reading one of your pieces!
Show threadRenaud ChaputMar 19
@_elena I know that the commission social media team is very aware of this and pushing for the link to be added, but changing their website (and likely updating the underlying software to support a « new » network) seems very complicated…
Show threadJoost De Cock3d ago

@renchap @_elena this is not how things work in a large EU institution.

It is not 'complicated' to change a website and add a Mastodon icon/link. The problem is agency.

The people who want this do not have the power to decide this. Whereas the people who have the power to decide this are posting on Twitter like it's 2016.

It would be done in a day if leadership asked for it.

Show threadNaomi StringfieldMar 19
@_elena somewhat more trivially, this reminds me I need to add a Forkiverse icon to https://fridaygoodybag.com/ for the benefit of the 3 people who might see the website :)
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Show threadSune AukenMar 19

@_elena @EDPS @Mastodon @EUCommission

Always great news to find important players here. Thank you, EPDS.

Show threadElisabettaMar 19
@_elena @EDPS @Mastodon @EUCommission this is so good! I'm so glad to see institutions deciding to push the Fediverse on their websites ❤️
Show threadPlögiMar 19
@_elena @EDPS @Mastodon @EUCommission did @hpod16 make that happen? 😍
Show threadHannah GraceMar 20
@dploeger @_elena @EDPS @Mastodon @EUCommission
Nope 🙂‍↔️
The European data protection supervisor is a different institution.
I have no news for the Commission yet
Show threadPlögiMar 20
@hpod16 @_elena @EDPS @Mastodon @EUCommission Then there's another one fiercely fighting for the Fediverse. 🥰
Show threadMastodon Migration3d ago

@_elena @EDPS @Mastodon @EUCommission

And thank you Elena for all you do to promote Mastodon, the Fediverse and public social media.

Show threadElena Rossini ⁂2d ago
@mastodonmigration same goes to you! thank you for all your advocacy ❤️