Luís de SousaMay 10
Hannah Grace

Excited to announce that the @EUCommission has updated it's follow buttons on the website footer!
What's that first platform there? Could that be #Mastodon?
And where did the link to #X go?
All the posts and comments here on Mastodon calling for this, trust me we read them!

#SocialMedia #EU #EuropeanCommission #FollowUs

May 8 at 9:53amWeb
Show threadGinaMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission yaas awesome work!! 🔥
Show threadHannah GraceMay 8
@Gina
Yessss time to crack the champagne!
Show threadluap42May 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission ❤️
Show threadMiroMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission amazing
Show threadtoothpaste_sandwichMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission That's great! I hope this will inspire more instances to finally follow suit!
Show threadHerr VoegleinMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission 👏👏👏
Show threadRaglan Niall  May 8
@hpod16 Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
@EUCommission
Show threadAndreas NuytsMay 8
@hpod16 Not sure why people favour screenshots over properly referring to sources & evidence:
https://commission.europa.eu/
European Commission, official website

The official website of the European Commission, providing access to information about its political priorities, policies and services

European Commission
Show threadClickyMcTickerMay 8
@anuytstt @hpod16 They work for the commission, spelled out the change, provided a picture of the change, then spelled it out again in the alt text. That’s plenty for me.
Show threadAndreas NuytsMay 8
@ClickyMcTicker @hpod16 Yes. I'm just saying, given the state of the internet, it's best to verify things before believing and boosting / propagating them. So it's best to make the things you say, easy to verify.
Show threadErik Play2LearnMay 8
@anuytstt @hpod16 If you link a website, what the people will see will change over time. Also, what people should look at is not always clear. In this case it's the footer. There are people who don't even know what a footer is. Screenshots help to focus and maintain what people should look at.
Show threadLuca SironiMay 8

@hpod16 @EUCommission

this a small, amazing thing !

@_elena

Show threadNico RikkenMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission https://commission.europa.eu/ Yes, checks out 🎉
European Commission, official website

The official website of the European Commission, providing access to information about its political priorities, policies and services

European Commission
Show threadOliwier JaszczyszynMay 8

@hpod16: definitely a step in the right direction.

One question though – does this mean that European Commission will rescind its presence on X over time? Or to put this more widely, what are EC's plans regarding X at all?

Show threadClickyMcTickerMay 8
@oaj @hpod16 I can’t speak for the EC, but the EFF’s statement on the matter should be the golden standard for governments and certain civil rights organizations. It should be deprioritized and not promoted, as opposed to fully severing the connection. As fascist as the platform is, their voice should reach the people already on it without encouraging more.
Show threadArjen HaaymanMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission great! Maybe also take a look at https://european-union.europa.eu/contact-eu/social-media-channels_nl?=
Accounts op sociale media | Europese Unie

Zoek met onze tool naar socialemedia-accounts met informatie over de EU. Kom meer te weten over wat de EU doet en praat mee.

European Union
Show threadHannah GraceMay 8

@haayman
Noted!

The European Commission website is a massive web domain with hundreds, maybe thousands of sub-sites. Some might get overlooked or lag behind in the change.
On every site where you see this, you can give feedback under the site directly:

Show threadAristotelis TzafaliasMay 8
@hpod16 share buttons next :)
Show threadTom May 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission awesome! Thanks for hearing us! 🤩
Show threadMarkusMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission This is really great!!! Thanks!
Show threadJoakim ForsMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission 
Show threadJames "Jim" Ed RandsonMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission Good job
Show threadPeperlitoMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission you rock! o//
Show threadLeave X - Protect DemocracyMay 8

@hpod16 @EUCommission excellent, Hannah! We already said that you rock, right?

Cc @ElaineActivism

#LeaveX

Show threadHannah GraceMay 8
@leavex
I'm so happy to be able to share this news!
I've been reading all your comments about this forever and I couldn't say anything even though I knew it was coming (it's a HUGE website, these things take time...)
Show threadLeave X - Protect DemocracyMay 8
@hpod16 We are aware of that, and we appreciate the effort that people like you put into it. Keep up the good work!
Show threadMichael FosterMay 8
@hpod16 it’s amazing news - congratulations!
Show threadElaine BakerMay 8
@leavex @hpod16 @EUCommission well done Hannah! Thanks for listening and acting. How can we work towards doing this across all EU websites? What do you think is the best way of achieving that?
Show threadHannah GraceMay 8

@ElaineActivism
Mhhhhhh

I don’t speak for Parliament or council; and neither of them are on mastodon (yet)

A start would be to convince these other institutions to go there, also by showing how successful the European Commission is here,
And following the smaller EU accounts from the courts:
@Curia
And
@EUauditors

Show threadRhymerMay 8

@hpod16 @Curia @EUauditors

🤩 Thank you!

... and followed.

Show threadsonicJazzMonkeyMay 8

@hpod16 @EUCommission

+ Mastodon
- X

progress ....

Show threadBert Hubert NL 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦May 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission thank you!! At the opening event of the digital commons EDIC I also nagged about this a bit, glad that you managed to make it happen! https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/keynote-opening-digital-commons-edic-eu/ - I’ll add a note!
Keynote opening Digital Commons EDIC: Moving beyond the Digital Uncommons - Bert Hubert's writings

Last Thursday, 11th of December, saw the launch of the new Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium. In attendance were delegations from the launching member states (and the observers). Also present were the many forefathers (and mothers) of this initiative. Of particular note, the launch also included demonstrations of LaSuite software from France, as well as the OpenDesk software from Germany. The Dutch government showcased their amalgamated suite MijnBureau, which joins parts of the German and French initiatives.

Bert Hubert's writings
Show threadHannah GraceMay 8

@bert_hubert

I'm not sure what's going on in this image, but I love the visual impact of the balloons! What was the idea?

Show threadBert Hubert NL 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦May 8
@hpod16 they launched the balloons to celebrate the 'opening' of the digital commons EDIC, and we did that on a video call where we all joined, using the Visio LaSuite solution. It was rather sweet.
Show threadJan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦May 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission nice! Thank you 🙏
Show threadEdMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission
Show threadLuca AlloattiMay 8

@hpod16

Thank you, @EUCommission - the Mastodon icon is now on https://commission.europa.eu

That's a real and concrete step.

Two weeks ago, on your fediverse anniversary, several of us pointed out it was missing.

You listened.
Genuinely appreciated.

Birthday cake redeemed: https://mastodon.luca-alloatti.eu/@luca/116443549055636396

Show threadRightSprung will not complyMay 8

@hpod16 @EUCommission

So very happy to see this!

Show threadAleksandr KoltsoffMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission Great news & congrats!
Show threadralf tauscher May 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission finally, very positive news indeed.
Show threadHacker May 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission Good.
Show threadAngela ScholderMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission Good to see.
And good that all our comments are read.
Show threadtchouiMay 8

@hpod16

@EUCommission 👍

Show threadIFTASMay 8

@hpod16 @EUCommission excellent news, a small step and a huge signal.

And what a day you chose to do it on... coincidence?

Show threadPetra van CronenburgMay 8

@hpod16 Great work! I know how slow big institutions can be ... so double congrats! 🍾

@EUCommission

Show threadLara Djurvänlig | La 🌓uplaMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission YEY..!!! 👏 👏 Well done!! 👍   😉
Show threadCathaMay 8

@hpod16 @EUCommission

But still on meta-socials, so how big of a deal is leaving just X really...

Show threadlogBoyMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission 🚀
Show threadStephan OkhuijsenMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission
Hurah!
Next: the press footers (share links):
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/inf_26_720
Show threadErikaMay 8

@hpod16 How unexpected! Really good news!

@EUCommission

Show threadEvoScaleMay 8

@hpod16 @EUCommission Massive props in deserved scale.

Next, changing educational systems to teach ranged solves, instead of restrictive, single solve mindsets.

Show threadStoneBear May 8

@hpod16

Okay, that's really cool! Now, can we get more of this? We're Europeans, we should be using our own social media to communicate... Every one of those other media links is Amerikaanse...

_and_ COOL, longest journey starts with a single step... 🎉

@EUCommission

Show threadJavier de la CuevaMay 8

@hpod16

@EUCommission congrats, but still two more to delete.

Show threadMoreno Colaiacovo 🌍May 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission Great news! I hope/guess the next step will be closing the X account 🙂
Show threadstux⚡️May 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission It took some nagging but yaaaaay! 
Show threadHippo 🍉May 8

@hpod16 wow how cool! It's already great that Mastodon got on there, but removing X makes it even greater 

@EUCommission

Show threadandymorMay 8
@hpod16 @EUCommission heck yeah!