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Could the US Government Self-Host a Fediverse Server? (wedistribute.org)

submitted 7 months ago by deadsuperhero@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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In response to Joe Biden and the White House enabling ActivityPub federation via Threads, a number of people asked: "Why didn't the White House just self-host their own Mastodon server?"

Here's some very basic musings on what it would take for that to happen. and what some of the hurdles are. Don't consider it a definitive answer, but a jumping-off point.

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[-] deadsuperhero@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Gab is in kind of the same place, with the same conclusion.

"Oh no, keeping a walled garden actually increases the value of my echo chamber! Better not open anything up to dissenting views!"