I can, but it would still be effective for public announcements because Mastodon does not typically require a login to view on the web, and it provides am RSS feed. Walled garden platforms that won’t show posts to anonymous web visitors are not acceptable for public announcements.
This is why governments should use public infrastructure for public services.
Soon when Trump begins his
reignI mean dictatorship both Truthsocial and Twitter will be platforms for government announcements.I wish the federal government had a software team that made open source software that could be used by all the states.
Germany is/was trying something kind of like this? I don’t know much about it but here’s a link in case you want to try reading into it a bit more.
USDS
I think something like code sharing just became a thing in government so I guess it’s closer
Edit: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/01/agencies-required-to-share-custom-software-under-new-law/?readmore=1
Can you imagine a mastodon.whitehouse.gov instance and everyone in the world just defederates with it every time a republican gets inaugerated?
It would be an absolute shithole with almost 0 moderation due to 1a applicability. Defederation would happen regardless of who has gov majority.
Just don’t allow random people to make accounts
I can, but it would still be effective for public announcements because Mastodon does not typically require a login to view on the web, and it provides am RSS feed. Walled garden platforms that won’t show posts to anonymous web visitors are not acceptable for public announcements.
Well, duh!