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[leavex@mastodon.social]

@fresseng the #LeaveX campaign doesn't rule out #Bluesky, but we favor the Fediverse and particularly #Mastodon. See our message:

Concrete European alternatives to X: Mastodon and Open Portability

On January 22, MEPs Alexandra Geese and Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová were contacted per email regarding these proposals. We will publish their responses here if they answer. Dear Alexandra Geese, Dear Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Dear fellow signatories and Members of the European Parliament,

Leave X - Protect Democracy (leavex.eu)

We discussed this with @_elena during #FOSDEM. Specifically, we believe that the Fediverse is the most resilient solution. However, we don't want to exclude the possibility of building *bridges* with the millions of people who have chosen Bluesky. (cc @bjoernsta)

@europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie

[michelpatrice@jasette.facil.services]

@_elena

I don't get the rss part.

I tried with your adress in the Thunderbird rss reader thing, it doesn't seem to work. I added /rss to your adress, still doesn't work.

Does it work with any fediverse adress, or does the account need to have somehow enabled somekind of rss switch?

[luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@_elena @europeanspodcast I don't know if everything will go fine, when european countries will start forcing age verification (that is social control) everywhere.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@MichelPatrice oh that's odd because I follow my Fediverse accounts via RSS feeds (to check if they federate and have a reference... but GoToSocial and Ghost). I wonder if my own Mastodon doesn't work (I couldn't do it either) because it starts with an underscore and it could be a bug?

[michelpatrice@jasette.facil.services]

@_elena

When I will get back home tonight, I will try with some other accounts.

This rss feature would be quite cool.

[imacrea@mamot.fr]

@_elena Looks amazing, can't wait to read it!!

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@imacrea thank you M! It was a real labor of love, it took me a week to write / copy-edit it. HUGE thanks to @samvie for her excellent feedback

I'd be curious to hear what you think after you read it

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@MichelPatrice yeah you basically never miss a post by someone...

[nclm@mastodon.social]

@_elena Good post And in addition to RSS, I believe Mastodon is soon adding a subscribe-via-email feature? So that most people can stay up to date with an account without creating one themselves!

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@nclm thank you Nicolas and ooooh I had completely missed this. Sounds EPIC!

P.S.: are you attending JDLL this year? Sadly I can't make it and I'm all kinds of sad about it

P.P.S.: please keep me posted about your thing/announcement in case I miss it

[alan@lighthouse.co.im]

@_elena @europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission Just watched your video and have forwarded the link to a friend

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@alan thank you Alan!

[leonieke@squilla.vitaulium.eu]

@_elena Kudos on this post!

[ruud@mastodon.world]

@_elena @MichelPatrice I think you need to add .rss to it. https://mastodon.world/@ruud.rss

[nclm@mastodon.social]

@_elena Saw it there so it’s still pretty early I’m guessing: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/38163

P.S. Oh no, too bad you’re missing on the conference! ️ Are there maybe any other events you’ll be going to? Pretty sure I’ll attend, yes!

P.P.S. It’s actually public just as of today!! Have a look here for a first look at it: https://code.vinyl-cache.org/vinyl-cache/project-identity/src/branch/main/vinyl-cache-identity.pdf (By the way, they’re on Mastodon too now! And thanks again for sharing the original call for entries. I’ll post an announcement soon as well)

[michelpatrice@jasette.facil.services]

@ruud

Thank you. I will try when I get back home.

[aquaclaire@ecoevo.social]

@_elena This is such an important issue! All universities, institutions, citizens & responsible communicators should be using a "communications platform that is accessible to all citizens, without the need for an account; an independent network not subject to [monetisation &] censorship due to opaque algorithms or political bias."
Thanks for this clear explanation!

#Fediverse #privacy #PublicGood

[nuvalon@social.vivaldi.net]

@_elena
since i deleted my instagram account i have been missing out on important news from my city, which is a real shame.
you make some really good arguments, so i might share this with someone that works for the city.

[nmba@mstdn.ca]

@_elena @europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission
I'd sure like to see a new tech industry of converting (upgrading) institutions and corporations onto the fediverse, linux, office alternatives, etc. Create a sales doc with rationale and cost:benefit estimates that potential clients like colleges/universities, municipalities, hospitals and corps can consider in their budget deliberations.

[bartknubben@mastodon.nl]

@_elena @europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission

Thanks for making the case!

I believe it is also important to learn from and ‘fame’ the government organisations and public institutions who are already active on Mastodon/Fediverse 🧐

Bart Knubben (@bartknubben@mastodon.nl)

@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net 👌 And their accounts are on the 🇳🇱 government Mastodon instance https://social.overheid.nl (also reachable via https://social.gov.nl). Other accounts of Dutch goverment officials, besides @stasdigi@social.overheid.nl: - @MinisterBZK@social.overheid.nl - @staatssecretarisbzk@social.overheid.nl - @MinisterVRO@social.overheid.nl For similar gov instances in 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 check: https://social.overheid.nl/about#:~:text=5.%20Zijn%20er,https://social.edps.europa.eu. Hopefully, other governments will also join Mastodon/Fediverse soon :-)

Mastodon.nl door Stichting Activityclub (mastodon.nl)