The server is now live and in use at social.overheid.nl
The official announcement post by the State Secretary of Digitalisation: https://social.overheid.nl/@avhuffelen/110700825255524685
In the post she mentions that the government supports ‘value-driven’ alternatives to social media. In a letter to the house of representatives she describes Mastodon as a Digital Common Good, and that it fits in the larger strategy of the government of using ‘open source, unless’ (meaning theyll always use open source unless there is a clear explicit reason not to).
@laurens I am reading, with my mastodon account, a post made by a kbin user, on a lemmy instance, talking about a government creating a mastodon instance. And this is beautiful 🥰.
hell yeah interop is awesome!
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Really wish all governments would do this.
Mastodon is perfect for this type of thing as well. They have full control over the instance. They can restrict sign-ups so that official accounts are easily verifiable. It’s a terrific idea.
This is the kind of thing that could help Mastodon really take off. The only reason most people still look at Twitter is for updates from official sources.
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We need more governments to follow.
The German government also has one: https://social.bund.de/
The EU too.
https://social.network.europa.eu/
and honestly, businesses too. There is opportunity here in the business sector, I think.
Not to mention that they can have a extra layer of legitimacy/professionalism with a corporate subdomain and a branded theme.
