Quinten@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoDutch government starts own Mastodon instance as reaction to the instability of Twitterlemmy.worldimagemessage-square197fedilinkarrow-up12.63Karrow-down110file-text
arrow-up12.62Karrow-down1imageDutch government starts own Mastodon instance as reaction to the instability of Twitterlemmy.worldQuinten@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square197fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareadriaan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75·2 years agoWhy not have a state-run instance on an open platform? It’s better than relying on a corporation’s platform. The government is ‘the people’ more than corporations are.
minus-squareojmcelderry@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoExactly this. In the same way I expect to be able to email the government, but I wouldn’t expect to send them a message on Facebook Messenger. Open platforms over walled gardens.
minus-squareconst void*@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 years agoSurveillance with neither a warrant nor probable cause. A private instance on an open platform, by the state, for the state? Sure. Go for it.
Why not have a state-run instance on an open platform? It’s better than relying on a corporation’s platform. The government is ‘the people’ more than corporations are.
Exactly this. In the same way I expect to be able to email the government, but I wouldn’t expect to send them a message on Facebook Messenger.
Open platforms over walled gardens.
Surveillance with neither a warrant nor probable cause.
A private instance on an open platform, by the state, for the state? Sure. Go for it.