@Natasha_Jay

I said back when Twitter was new:

Government communications should never be first on a third-party platform. They should build an open system for notifications, either RSS or something that allows explicit push. If people like Twitter, Facebook, or whatever the kids are using now want to build a bridge from that so that their users can consume things, that's fine. But it shouldn't be public money building that bridge. It's a thing that adds value to that commercial service and so should be paid for by the people who want it.

I said the same thing about BBC iPlayer when it launched, but they still maintain proprietary client apps for a variety of proprietary platforms and use license-fee money to promote lock-in to platforms owned and controlled by foreign corporations.

@Natasha_Jay It's just too easy now to do this right.

Every government needs their own Fediverse instance. They get authoritative control of their platform and identity while the public gets free, non-commercial access to the agencies governing their lives.

@Natasha_Jay I can’t believe it’s taken this long for anyone in the media to start calling for this 🤬