@fediforum Thanks for a great Fediforum unconference #fediforumattendee
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An organization to use social media posts to be delivered to elected representatives and others using open standards.
Netherlands sets up Mastodon servers for local governments. https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/nieuws/1-jarig-mastodon-overheid-blikt-terug-en-vooruit/ @fediforum #egov
@fediforum Just started in the Fediforum unconference.
We Distribute#FediForum starts today! Come hang out on this page for our live commentary and news updates: https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/fediforum-september-2024/
FediForum@advocate is coming to FediForum in September and wants to discuss:
Standards, Integrating with communicating with elected officials and government agencies.
Sounds interesting? Join us! Registration is open: https://fediforum.org/
9 weeks to the next #FediForum, the unconference for the people who move the #Fediverse forward.
This will be a our 4th event, from Thursday to Saturday, so people with Monday to Friday day jobs can attend at least on Saturday. The schedule is 8am to 1pm pacific time, which works for timezones from Europe to the US West coast and we can get a big international community together again.
Tickets start at "almost free".
Questions? Just ask!
More info and registration: https://fediforum.org
Still trying to test the integration with Fediverse. Now following this @threads account from this Masto hosted site. Want to see if it works and when I can see my Masto account on Threads. fediverse @advocate @daniel.d.bennett
@danielschuman has added a great resource for finding current Congressional ActivityPub/Mastodon accounts. https://firstbranchforecast.com/2022/11/30/members-of-congress-on-mastodon/
Much like 30 years ago, the first use none house.gov domains. I hope that the House and Senate create servers instead. And then just like web sites, social media accounts can be controlled fully.
Members of Congress on Mastodon - First Branch Forecast
Fourteen years ago, an organization I was involved with pushed to change congressional rules to allow members of Congress onto Twitter. Like many of the starry-eyed democracy and technology efforts of that era, we saw the potential upside — closing the gaps between elected officials and the people they represent, allowing movements to push their … Continue reading Members of Congress on Mastodon →