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Dutch government starts own Mastodon instance as reaction to the instability of Twitter (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by quinten@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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https://social.overheid.nl/@beheerder

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[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I tried to start a Mastodon account, but I got the error message "Validation failed: time zone not included in list"

[-] KiofKi@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Soo... you're located on Mars?

[-] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Excellent use case.

[-] Nerrad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Its super important that Government info NOT be hidden behind paywalls, forced log-ins or even CloudFlare puzzles. People need to be able to freely click through to the official information.

[-] static@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

https://social.overheid.nl/@beheerder/110684642686045200

[-] Mihuy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Wow, I never thought about this, but this is probably pretty good to have right? Might be a good way to find info about something if their sites are really confusing etc possibly

[-] lemmyphantom@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That’s a good point. But I think the fediverse needs less friction for this to benefit more of the general public.

Like any new technology, I think it will take a while for the experience to get smoothed out

[-] shadycomposer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

wait i thought they don't have a government at the moment

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

"Government" is a pretty broad term. It encompasses both elected or ruling leaders that implement policy (politics), as well as the administrative beaurocracy that implements whatever policy is enacted day to day. It's pretty typical for the beaurocracy to continue functioning under whatever mandate they have and even to make their own descisions if the mandate gives them that latitude, even if the leadership part of the government is being changed or otherwise non-functional.

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[-] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Exciting to see this happening. More governments should do this.

[-] karrbs@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

This actually makes a lot of sense and I am surprised that there isn't a lot of government already doing it. That and celebrities. It's basically instant verification.