I think the distributed nature of Mastodon keeps government control from being an issue. It would be kind of cool as a space for citizens to ask for assistance or air grievances while giving the politicians an officially owned space for things like announcements.
Totally agree. The issues with “government-controlled social media” are a non-issue in a federated environment, and the URL would give them legitimacy.
It’s not… it’s the fediverse. I’m completely fine with them having their own instance, it’s not like they control it by any means. Hell they can be defederated. It’s a lot better than them choosing some random instance.
Correct. It would only be for government officials, so anyone federated with them would know that they are in fact, validated as the government official.
That’s…actually a cool AF idea/inplementation of Fediverse shit. A practical use as well, as they’d control who was on the instance and would be a sorta pseudo-verification process for any accounts on it’s own.
about time…
Start pushing for mastodon! Honestly there should be an official mastodon instance
You mean mstdn.social?
I mean there should be a mastodon.gov.uk
Yeah, but then again, do you want a government controlled social media? 🤔
I think the distributed nature of Mastodon keeps government control from being an issue. It would be kind of cool as a space for citizens to ask for assistance or air grievances while giving the politicians an officially owned space for things like announcements.
Totally agree. The issues with “government-controlled social media” are a non-issue in a federated environment, and the URL would give them legitimacy.
It’s not… it’s the fediverse. I’m completely fine with them having their own instance, it’s not like they control it by any means. Hell they can be defederated. It’s a lot better than them choosing some random instance.
Then it should be only for government officials.
Correct. It would only be for government officials, so anyone federated with them would know that they are in fact, validated as the government official.
The government could control social media on their own instance, sure.
I think having government accounts come from an official instance would garner more trust in the platform.
People don’t trust the government all the time, they are a bunch of sneaky buggers you know.
This is healthy attitude but irrelevant to the point
I don’t want a private company controlling government email servers, why would I want them to control government social media platforms?
What you don’t like pot holes in your roads? XD We can easily host our own server where the database password is already 123456
That’s…actually a cool AF idea/inplementation of Fediverse shit. A practical use as well, as they’d control who was on the instance and would be a sorta pseudo-verification process for any accounts on it’s own.
I think it’s perfect for governments. You can subscribe anywhere, you know it’s legit, and that’s a much better way to do notifications than twitter.
Yeah I’m not entirely well-versed in the implications of what that would allow, but it’s another use-case that would be cool to see!