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?

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

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

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 Finland seems to be doing fairly well in developing their own infrastructure. They even have their own Finish LLM, which, although a horrible decision as it's still an LLM, at least shows willingness to invest and digital awareness about how the US trained models were not suitable.

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

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

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 keep sending mails to all Spanish political parties, none does shit and only one answers with a standard text: "we will forward your query to the communications department"

There's only two without presence on X.

@leavex can I answer with a picture?

@Johns_priv have you tried to contact some journalist that covers this issues?

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 unfortunately not Switzerland. They have done a trial on Mastodon, but the reach was apparently not satisfying.

@leavex unfortunately not Switzerland. They have done a trial on Mastodon, but the reach was apparently not satisfying.

@Seraina I hope they don’t give up. Maybe some promotion can help

Here in Ireland, we are usually slow to adopt new tech. We’ve made some massive blunders in the past (eg e-voting machines). Also, our government is beholden to big tech so I wonder if that will also impede us. They are neoliberal so they will prefer to have a hefty corporation take the place of more egalitarian options.

Broader minds are gradually emerging though

@Seraina @leavex May I hand you some discussion help for next time?
https://www.viennawriter.net/blog/social-media-grundsaetze-mythos-reichweite/
https://www.viennawriter.net/blog/social-media-principles-the-myth-of-reach-en/

@leavex They too have an X account.
I don't think there's anyone relevant in Spain that hasn't.
Pedro Sánchez with all his posturing probably has one as well.

@IarfhlaithO Unfortunately the hype and press news about Mastodon really decreased in the past 2 years. Bluesky clearly became more popular than Mastodon but even bluesky is still a niche.
Somehow that whole Mastodon network thing might seem nerdy, if not scary to people. To be honest, I feel like this is never going to be a big thing for the crowds, even if I wish it was.

Fingers crossed, that Ireland can make it a big thing anyway.

@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..