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If only the federal government could implement some sort of server that would allow them to self-host social media for officials and prominent candidates. I wish there were some well-known and tested service that other governments were using and they could just implement in the USA.
Sounds impossible! Does this technology even exist?????
If only there was some ~~Soviet~~ Union with their own mastodon
If they build it, will anyone come? Or does private social media only work because the user base is already scrolling endlessly there?
@XeroxCool welcome to fediverse. I'm replying to you from mastodon.
I'm using motion controls!
I'm using the Power Glove!
It's so bad.
Posted multiple times because replication was slow. Oops.
Also now I'm posting from lemm.ee
if they build it, the press will go there and report on what's posted there
Yeah wouldn't be bad. Could be an official source to cite.
This kind of event is precisely what drives things like social media adoption. If Harris and the DNC organized an actual messaging campaign and took advantage of this energy to promote Twitter alternatives, a lot of people would join.
Newsies will go there for the announcements. That's the wedge that keeps growing.
Not all growth strategies are just having the bandwagon.
I mean, it wouldn’t stop them from continuing to post to Xitter. They can do both!
I don't think legally the Federal Government is allowed to do that. Maybe if the service is available to everyone. Now that option would be pretty cool. I'm fine with nationalized federated social media hosts.
That sounds pretty shakey. Federal employees have their own email addresses, but you can't just go ask for a .gov email address, you have to get a job with the government for one. The federal government has plenty of places that only some are allowed to post to. Now, if they were to say, only allow certain people to have accounts with no apperent rhyme or reason that would be grounds for a discrimination lawsuit, but they could simply say "any verified current or former federal elected official, federal department head, or state governor is allowed an account" and expand or shrink the scope as needed. The fediverse honestly makes that so much cleaner than something they host themselves with all of the nuances of what is and isn't federated, the government could simply configure the federation to meet their legal and liability needs while users can stream in from any fediverse instance
If they're using it for campaigning, I think it'd have to be written as "... or any party nominee" or "... or anyone running for elected office."
But yeah, the fediverse would be perfect for it.
are you allowed to post on whitehouse.gov?
Not for campaign related activity.