Dear European based LGBTIQ+ people.. (so basically everybody).
Today I attended an event in #Amsterdam organized by @waag @DeGroene @gemeenteamsterdam and the #oBa Amsterdam public library called #StateOfTheInternet
Featured speaker this time was Euro Member of Parliament @kimvsparrentak who passionately spoke on the need for a more free Internet detached from #bigTech and more focussed on #Democracy and real #Social interaction.
When confronted with her presence on X and Insta, and the lack of active presence here on the #Fediverse we promised to help her.
Please help us get a decent follower-base here and follow her account right now, before she even gets a chance to get more active. A follower base of more than a 1000 people will surely help her convince her party members to spend time and money on a real presence here.
I used a cut out of the image posted by @sicco in this post: https://todon.nl/@sicco/112372340250592627 thank you for that Sicco.
Sicco van Sas (@sicco@todon.nl)
Attached: 1 image .@koen@procolix.social asked MEP @kimvsparrentak@eupolicy.social after her #StaatVanHetInternet speech why she isn't more active on Mastodon. She said that she wants to.Todon.nl
Fabio Manganiello
in reply to Koen de Jonge - SynQ • • •I’m definitely onboard with such initiatives, but IMHO the chicken-and-egg problem should be solved on both ends.
Many politicians agree with us that #BigTech centralization is bad. Yet their primary presence is on Meta/X in most of the cases. When asked “then why are you not on the Fedi?”, many respond with “because there aren’t enough people for me to justify the jump/investment”.
And that in turn feeds the other feedback loop - “why do you still have an account on X?” - “because most of the politicians/public figures are there”.
Building presence in the social infrastructure one actually believes in, even if that requires extra effort, shouldn’t be something contingent to the probabilities of getting thousands or followers on that platform.
FediThing 🏳️🌈
in reply to Fabio Manganiello • • •Yeah, people who want to be leaders need to show leadership, to lead by example. 👍