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?
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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 Certainly not Italy, unfortunately.
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@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..
@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.
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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.
There is one very simple way to advantage something like the federal verse or any alternative.
1) Plant a flag on the alternative
2) post there first by several hours
3) when you post on the other platforms, mention that you post on the alternative first -
@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.
@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.
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@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.I was not aware of that page. Thanks.
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@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.
@leavex @Seraina @viennawriter @dw_innovation @tagesschau
Gesagt, gedan.. if I am not butchering German too much these days
https://www.bbc.com/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub
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@leavex Netherlands, https://social.overheid.nl/directory part of the overheid.nl (gov.nl) domain. Since last November it is out of pilot status, and an official shared national service offered to all Dutch public sector entities. https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/overzicht-van-alle-onderwerpen/mastodon-overheid/ The final part of your sentence, 'away from X' is not true or decided though. Likely @beheerder will be able to say more.
Probably @communitymanager is in the best position to answer the question. The team behind it is responsible for functional management and also works on policy relating to the instance.
Btw the NL gov instance is also reachable via https://social.gov.nl
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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 it will be funny if the answer is: CANADA!
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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 none of Europe... mybee somewhere in africa, some pacific island,...
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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 Not Ireland: this is where GAFAMs "pay their taxes"
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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 May be Austria.
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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 I place my bet on the Netherlands. Germany? Never. Germany only changes things when it comes to pumping money into corruption. Germany would rather do one own thing, expensive, designed by Siemens and T-Systems, compatible with the Fediverse only after the fourth expansion stage in eight years, and then with annoying failures and errors.
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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 I don't know which one might be the first, but I am willing to bet that it is NOT going to be Austria.
The encyclopaedia entry for "IT-illiterate" is just a picture of the Austrian parliament.
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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 sadly this app is completely dumb. Its not even able to sort content in a chronological order.
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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
Swedish public institutions: Mastowhat? -
@leavex @Seraina @viennawriter @dw_innovation @tagesschau
Gesagt, gedan.. if I am not butchering German too much these days
https://www.bbc.com/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @leavex @Seraina @viennawriter @dw_innovation @tagesschau
They don't seem to have said much lately. They're last toot was in September last year.
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@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..
@Seraina @leavex @viennawriter it's better to have 3,500 actual people following you than 3.5 million spambots shouting Nazi slogans and AI-generating CSAM but hey I guess they have a different definition of "reach" than I do.
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@leavex @Seraina @viennawriter @dw_innovation @tagesschau
Gesagt, gedan.. if I am not butchering German too much these days
https://www.bbc.com/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub
@leavex @Seraina @viennawriter @dw_innovation @tagesschau @GhostOnTheHalfShell
Might be worthwhile to check in with @BBCRD if this is still an ongoing project, given the increasing focus on finding alternatives to the likes of 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 not germany, the german gov is still too cozy with trump, musk etc. (especially the chancellor, who is practically infatuated with trump)
