Canada needs a digital infrastructure that isn't beholden to private interests
Canada needs a digital infrastructure that isn't beholden to private interests
Canadians really need: more control over the digital universe that increasingly dominates our lives.
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Privately-owned social media already took way too much space for the online discourse, to a point where the government is unable to effectively communicate crucial information to its citizens when needed.
They need to take it back, and establish a foundation on open standards and protocols. Our government should strive for openness and accessibility.
It's hard work to deploy and maintain at scale, but it's better than the status quo.
And this is where the fediverse could really shine. Forget Twitter, Facebook, and what have you, spin up an official instance of Lemmy, Mastodon, or whatever, and put official notices on there. Build tools that will automatically propagate those onto previous platforms for those that actually use them - summaries and web links would be enough, and also drive people to the new systems in a low-pressure way. After all, it's not like you need an account to open the links like you may with the other social platforms.
And Mastodon offers RSS feeds out of the box, allowing anyone to subscribe to an account without requiring an account.
And this is where the fediverse could really shine.
Because it worked so well for Usenet...
I almost responded in good faith until I noticed your username. Go troll elsewhere.
Just so I am clear, you almost wrote a comment in good faith for the betterment of the community, but the mere sight of a particular arrangement of letters flipped some kind of switch that made you think it would be worthwhile for the community to see an off-topic, bad faith ramble that means nothing?
And if recognition of your name wasn't enough to identify you as a troll, your subsequent follow-up nailed that coffin shut.