Which EU country will be the first to officially move its public institutions to a national Mastodon instance, bringing political debate to the Fediverse and away from disinformation platforms like X?

@grob "for sure".

@leavex @viennawriter I see the point, but 6 accounts from the official Swiss government instance had 3500 followers together. So to be honest, yes, reach is not equal to reach, but it is a really significant difference, even if the "reach quality" on Mastodon is much higher..

@leavex @viennawriter I see the point, but 6 accounts from the official Swiss government instance had 3500 followers together. So to be honest, yes, reach is not equal to reach, but it is a really significant difference, even if the "reach quality" on Mastodon is much higher..

Which EU country will be the first to officially move its public institutions to a national Mastodon instance, bringing political debate to the Fediverse and away from disinformation platforms like X?

We know some national-level instances already exist (e.g. in Germany). The question is: who will make it a political decision, not just a technical one?

If you think of another country, add it in the comments

#LeaveX #EU #Democracy #Mastodon #Fediverse

@leavex The Dutch?

https://social.overheid.nl/about

Which EU country will be the first to officially move its public institutions to a national Mastodon instance, bringing political debate to the Fediverse and away from disinformation platforms like X?

We know some national-level instances already exist (e.g. in Germany). The question is: who will make it a political decision, not just a technical one?

If you think of another country, add it in the comments

#LeaveX #EU #Democracy #Mastodon #Fediverse

@leavex: I am afraid to say that this is not about Poland. I have asked the central government representatives (i.e. ministries etc.) and they said they are not willing to leave X.

https://kontrabanda.net/r/polish-state-authorities-x-twitter-presence-grok-csam/

@oaj @leavex To keep using Twitter after all the Nazi, racist and hate speech produced there by owner and main "creator" is simply disgusting

@Seraina @leavex That might be. I'd emphasize the point that especially public institutions do have a responsibility towards their citizens. People believed in the tales of advertisement agencies for the past 20 years and the belief in "reach" runs deep. Also the belief in the tale "you have to go where your target group is". Here is their target group, too. The part that's actually interested in direct human discussion, democracy and real community. Maybe they might have a look at +1 of #DiDay

@oaj @leavex To keep using Twitter after all the Nazi, racist and hate speech produced there by owner and main "creator" is simply disgusting

@viennawriter @Seraina I think it's worth take a look at these numbers: https://machteburch.social/@tomkalei/116039809227944622

The whole article from @netzpolitik_feed raises several questions about reach on X.

@Seraina sorry to hear that

if we make anything big, it will be a big mess

I changed my BlueSky handle to my full mastodon address to promote the cause. I don’t have much of a following though.

@viennawriter @netzpolitik_feed @leavex it's true. X became a 110% of a No Go. Actually I wouldn't know anyone of my (private) acquaintances who still uses it. I really wonder what all the Officials are still doing there.

@Timo_Micro Interesting. Are you aware of any institutional Mastodon instances in Finland?

#Finland

Which EU country will be the first to officially move its public institutions to a national Mastodon instance, bringing political debate to the Fediverse and away from disinformation platforms like X?

We know some national-level instances already exist (e.g. in Germany). The question is: who will make it a political decision, not just a technical one?

If you think of another country, add it in the comments

#LeaveX #EU #Democracy #Mastodon #Fediverse

@leavex @viennawriter I see the point, but 6 accounts from the official Swiss government instance had 3500 followers together. So to be honest, yes, reach is not equal to reach, but it is a really significant difference, even if the "reach quality" on Mastodon is much higher..

RE: https://social.tchncs.de/@Seraina/116047818934778600

Indeed, reach is an issue.

But reach is a collective problem, not an individual one.

If all politicians stopped using X for official communication and moved to a Mastodon instance, media outlets and citizens would follow.

This requires an orchestrated effort, not a few isolated accounts.

#Politics #X #Journalism

@Seraina @leavex @viennawriter

Last year sometime or maybe even in 2024 BBC labs posted an article on their experience in mastodon.

The short form of it was that even with a smaller follow footprint, engagement was much higher and moderation efforts were considerably less stressful.

I know that DW also started experimenting with mastodon specifically.

I have not seen any discussion of their experience though.

Size is not everything. It seems very much that real engagement is.

@harld @leavex
On the about page of the Mastodon instance of the Dutch government is a list of other government instances: https://social.overheid.nl/about#:~:text=5.%20Zijn%20er,https://social.edps.europa.eu.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @Seraina @viennawriter I read the experiment of @dw_innovation and it was quite positive.

I've also seen a presentation about the @tagesschau account here, with a similar positive feedback.

I will seach for the BBC article.