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"Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse"
π : blog.elenarossini.com/opennessβ¦
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#SocialMedia #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #SocialSovereignty #policy #BigTech #Fediverse #TheFutureIsFederated #RSS #SocialWeb
Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse
An article making the case that the Fediverse is a fantastic communication platform for public institutions - because of its openness, transparency and reach.Elena Rossini
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Luca Sironi
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •ah, ecco, mi ero perso l'account di Henna Virkkunen
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Luca Sironi
in reply to Luca Sironi • • •@luca
I think I'm gonna ask all the commissioners with a #bluesky account, to *at least* enable #bridgyfed
@quillmatiq
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Elena Rossini β
in reply to Luca Sironi • • •@luca yes! Many actually have accounts in both places but post far more frequently on Bluesky.
I'm thinking of Alexandra Geese and Henna Virkkunen just to name a few...
Michel Patrice
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •Also, X/Twitter give you the illusion of being able to take part in a discussion. Unless you have a the blue check mark, no one sees what you write and no one sees the comments you adress an elected official using Twitter.
Imagine a political assembly where only those wearing a paid badge can use the microphone.
Moving public deliberation to Twitter undermines the very foundation of democracy.
Elena Rossini β
in reply to Michel Patrice • • •@MichelPatrice indeed.
I was on Twitter for 14 YEARS and I had a blue checkmark (I forget when Twitter gave it to me, but it might have been in 2015-2016?). Checkmark or not, my visibility was terrible unless I posted there every day... and even at that, I might have 30 likes/boosts.
I HATE 99.9% OF ALGORITHMS (except chronological that is). They're just so rubbish when you want to engage in real conversations
Michel Patrice
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in reply to Michel Patrice • • •Nicolas Fressengeas
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •@europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission
> I look forward to hearing your thoughts and suggestions
Well, great article, Elena ! I would love to disseminate a French version.
Did you link with @leavex ? They carry roughly the same message though not ruling out Bluesky.
Thank you for your thoughts about Bluesky, by the way! I am struggling to understand eurosky. Any thoughts on it?
#SocialMedia #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech #Fediverse #RSS
Michel Patrice
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •I don't get the rss part.
I tried with your adress in the Thunderbird rss reader thing, it doesn't seem to work. I added /rss to your adress, still doesn't work.
Does it work with any fediverse adress, or does the account need to have somehow enabled somekind of rss switch?
Elena Rossini β
in reply to Michel Patrice • • •Michel Patrice
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •When I will get back home tonight, I will try with some other accounts.
This rss feature would be quite cool.
Elena Rossini β
in reply to Michel Patrice • • •Ruud
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •Michel Patrice
in reply to Ruud • • •@ruud
It works! You have to add .rss instead of /rss.
It is set up on my Thunderbird. I will see, Elena, if your next posts do appear in my rss feed.
Elena Rossini β
in reply to Michel Patrice • • •Elena Rossini β
in reply to Michel Patrice • • •Michel Patrice
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •It also works with hashtags. I just tried it.
Look for a hashtag in the search box. Click on the hashtag in the result list. Copy the link in navigation bar and add .rss.
I am now just waiting to see if I will get this hashtag's publications from the whole fediverse (which would be cool) or from Mastodon only.
Elena Rossini β
in reply to Michel Patrice • • •luca
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •ImaCrea
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •Elena Rossini β
in reply to ImaCrea • • •@imacrea thank you M! It was a real labor of love, it took me a week to write / copy-edit it. HUGE thanks to @samvie for her excellent feedback π
I'd be curious to hear what you think after you read it :)
nicolas β
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •Elena Rossini β
in reply to nicolas β • • •@nclm thank you Nicolas and ooooh I had completely missed this. Sounds EPIC!
P.S.: are you attending JDLL this year? Sadly I can't make it and I'm all kinds of sad about it π’
P.P.S.: please keep me posted about your thing/announcement in case I miss it π
nicolas β
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •Saw it there so itβs still pretty early Iβm guessing: github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pβ¦ π
P.S. Oh no, too bad youβre missing on the conference! βΉοΈ Are there maybe any other events youβll be going to? π Pretty sure Iβll attend, yes!
P.P.S. Itβs actually public just as of today!! Have a look here for a first glimpse at it: code.vinyl-cache.org/vinyl-cacβ¦ π (By the way, theyβre on Mastodon too now! And thank you again for sharing the original call for entries! Iβll post an announcement soon as well)
project-identity/vinyl-cache-identity.pdf at main
code.vinyl-cache.org: Vinyl Cache open source code repositoriesal
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Elena Rossini β
in reply to al • • •AquaClaire
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •This is such an important issue! All universities, institutions, citizens & responsible communicators should be using a "communications platform that is accessible to all citizens, without the need for an account; an independent network not subject to [monetisation &] censorship due to opaque algorithms or political bias."
Thanks for this clear explanation!
#Fediverse #privacy #PublicGood
Nuvalon
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •you make some really good arguments, so i might share this with someone that works for the city.
Elena Rossini β
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •Yesterday I wrote: "Public institutions are funded by taxpayers' money: their communications serve public interests and should be open to all - without the need of creating social media accounts on proprietary, for-profit closed systems. This is especially salient for European governmental communications: isnβt it absurd that they would require social media accounts owned and run by U.S. based companies?"
Credit goes to @samvie for suggesting I add the bit "funded by taxpayers' money" π
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in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •Elena Rossini β
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •I must also thank @macfranc for translating my article in #Italian and publishing it here:
π : informapirata.it/2026/03/16/arβ¦
Grazie! π
#italiano #fediverso
Architettura aperta, trasparenza e portata: i tre motivi per cui le istituzioni pubbliche dovrebbero abbracciare il Fediverso (il post di Elena Rossini)
informapiratamacfranc
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •Oliwier Jaszczyszyn
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •@_elena: mind if I make up a Polish translation and publish it on kontrabanda.net?
@macfranc
Elena Rossini β
in reply to Oliwier Jaszczyszyn • • •Talia Hussain
in reply to Elena Rossini β • • •government is not βfunded by taxpayers moneyβ, too bad youβre spreading this pernicious myth with an otherwise good argument
Better to say βpublic moneyβ which would be correct and accurate.
Icanbob
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