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Fri, 14 Jul 2023 01:42:02 +0200

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Eugen Rochko wrote the following post Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:15:58 +0200

Following the example of the German government and the European Commission, the government of the Netherlands is now running their own Mastodon server! No middlemen between them and their constituents! Welcome @minbzk!

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 01:45:10 +0200

tom grzybow

tomgrzybow@diasp.nl

Cool. Public Broadcasting.

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 01:59:33 +0200

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Yup, fantastic development. And the timing is pretty cool too!

Last week we had a big storm, heaviest summer storm on record, and the safety organization in Amsterdam had an acute problem: they did their reporting and warning via Twitter, but Eloon had suddenly decided to lock everyone without an account out.

So they hurriedly created their own blog, so they could make the necessary information and warnings public.

At the same time, the community of Amsterdam didn't have to do much, because they had already used their own Mastodon server for about half a year: @Gemeente Amsterdam. They served as a great example of why you don't want to make yourself dependant on billionaires for official business.

And then a week later this server goes live, strengthening that argument.

It's unusual for the Dutch government to set a good example in the field of ICT, but this certainly is such a case. Let's hope they continue on this path.