Huge respect for the EU Commission, @EUCommission, who have updated their webpage with a new follow button — X is out, Mastodon is in!
Remember to reward them with a follow! ♥️🇪🇺
Seen here: https://commission.europa.eu/index_en
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@randahl @EUCommission I would love they staffed their account more to be able to reply or at least react to public opinion on fedi.
@randahl These "Share on Mastodon" sightings always interest me because they're so rare.
They're always broken, which I think is why they're rare.
Anyone who clicks on that link will end up at the wrong place. The 'ec.socialnetwork.europa.eu' web server won't recognize your fedi login, and if you use a native fedi app, there's no way for that link to take you to it.
Fedi is like email, but didn't copy email's 'mailto:' protocol definition, allowing smooth UX across different sites and apps.
@randahl we shouted, they listened. Democracy in a nutshell 🥳
@randahl @EUCommission Simultaneously so right and yet so wrong: https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/
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That is really good news! @EUCommission
@randahl @EUCommission great news! Now I'm hoping that also Swedish politicians will start to follow #svpol #eupol
@randahl @EUCommission Thanks for that. Now following
Though the step is commendable, I will not follow the EU to support this one step.
@randahl @EUCommission Hi, when sharing your post on Telegram, the beginning of the Mastodon post is too long, and the punchline is cut in half at "X is out--" , the real message "Mastodon is in" is only visible after clicking the link.
@randahl @EUCommission finally some good news. when big institutions actually put the mastodon link front and center it sends a signal to everyone else watching
@randahl @EUCommission I can’t believe how happy I am to see this!!
Already following.
Ummm... no. That's wishful thinking.
The "Press Corner" page still sticks with the established world order of icons, and the EU commission hasn't stopped at all posting on #X.
In fact, they keep posting much more on X than on the Fediverse / Mastodon.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/home/en?keywords=follow%20us#news-block
Ummm... no. That's wishful thinking.
The "Press Corner" page still sticks with the established world order of icons, and the EU commission hasn't stopped at all posting on #X.
@randahl @EUCommission Feels like big news. Thanks for letting us know.
@randahl If someone needs alt text, I'm not a good writer, but that's just a screenshot of the website with an arrow pointing to the new follow button.
@qgustavor Thank you for reminding me. I have updated the post.
@randahl My client reminded me. It defaults to warning if I try boosting something without alt text. 
@randahl @EUCommission Can that person try to sue them like he did with the advertising boycott?
@randahl @EUCommission What?! This cheered me up 🫶
@EUCommission Wondering when will they also drop LinkedIn?
@randahl @EUCommission this is genuinely great news, about time official institutions showed up here properly. followed!
this is actually huge. the EU Commission on Mastodon feels weirdly wholesome lol
@randahl @EUCommission Done, Sir! Thanks for the hint
@randahl @EUCommission honestly good on them, more institutions should make this move
@randahl @EUCommission
theorizing: this might be the reason of recent tariff idiocy.
Nice! Also, done with the follow.
@randahl @EUCommission
Yeah! Respect! Großartig!
