• brianpeiris@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I agree with the petition, but I wish it had mentioned that Twitter hides most, if not all, of an account’s tweets behind a login wall. Same for Instagram for that matter. That’s a strong reason not to use it for government communication.

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    2 days ago

    Pubic services should use public platforms to share their messages, the private sector can then relay it, or not.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    Governments should never use closed systems for official communication, especially not systems owned by a Nazi

  • wirebeads@lemmy.ca
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    Thank you! I just signed this. Probably won’t get anywhere but it’s worth it to try.

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      Our regional police uses Twitter, and since I don’t, I have to use some complex-ass relay through a third-party Mastodon account that I read through an RSS feed (because I don’t Mastodon, either!)… it’s not cool that official, important messages are put behind the wall of a private platform.

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        I think an actual official government instance would be a good idea. Probably Mastodon would make the most sense, since it would mostly be one-way announcements. With federation, easy enough to get that viewable wherever it’s needed.