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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago

Digital Tax pls

[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

I'm confused why governments and public funded organizations are allowed to use social media platforms. They cannot control so much of the system.

But we do live in a world now where the president of the United States of America releases policy changes via thoughts and memes on his own social media platform..

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 10 points 16 hours ago

Our local police posts really important updates on Twitter. I never see them because I don't use Twitter.

Guess I'll get murdered one day by someone considered armed and dangerous in the area, because I unknowingly approached them without calling the police. 😞

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I’m confused why governments and public funded organizations are allowed to use social media platforms.

They're trying to meet citizens where they're at. The idea isn't completely without merit, but government—at all levels—should be treating these accounts as secondary while running primary accounts on their own infrastructure.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

That might have been the original intention for those who weren't just being lazy and ignorant, but now they are simply captured.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It would take like a day to be uncaptured

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Spinning up a Lemmy instance, mastadon, or other federated platform couldn't be too labor intensive. It's the beauty of free and open source software.

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Right? Especially now that BSky and Threads are bridging to the Fediverse, it should be reasonable to have gov't run Mastodon instances.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They should just be posting shit on their websites. We still have web browsers. We don't need to be able to reply.

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

I agree but the ability to have a public conversation with these organizations is excellent. It's something I've really missed since I left Twitter. "Hey fix this crappy problem!"

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 6 points 15 hours ago

like 20 years late...

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 11 points 18 hours ago

Exiting or exciting? Yes.

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

Like OK.

How about we make them pay taxes? I'll pay mine when they pay theirs.