Quinten to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 years agoDutch government starts own Mastodon instance as reaction to the instability of Twitterlemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1100arrow-down1imageDutch government starts own Mastodon instance as reaction to the instability of Twitterlemmy.worldQuinten to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 years agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Rooty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoThe fact that a state government used a commercial service to inform the public is absurd, and this was bound to happen eventually.
minus-square@Skitals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoGovernments have been PAYING to inform the public via commercial services for… ever? And requiring citizens to do the same. Have you ever seen a public notice in a newspaper? At least posting on Twitter is free (for now).
minus-squareMiqolinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years ago At least posting on Twitter is free (for now). “For now”, is right. That isn’t always the case.
The fact that a state government used a commercial service to inform the public is absurd, and this was bound to happen eventually.
Governments have been PAYING to inform the public via commercial services for… ever? And requiring citizens to do the same. Have you ever seen a public notice in a newspaper? At least posting on Twitter is free (for now).
“For now”, is right. That isn’t always the case.