Ottawa city council committee votes to stay on X for now
ottawacitizen.com
A motion to cut ties with the social media site failed at committee, keeping the city accounts active despite concerns over misinformation.
  • veee@lemmy.caMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So you’re telling me there’s a chance still time to spin up an @ottawa.ca mastodon instance.

      • Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.worksOP
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        2 months ago

        That’d be awesome, but I’m not holding my breath on it being something Suxcliffe pays any mind to.

        I’m just dreaming now, but what I’d love to see is the City enter a partnership with a non-profit like National Capital Freenet to set up and maintain the technical infrastructure for federated communication tools. But a) don’t know if that’s something NCF is interested in or even has the capacity to support, and b) it’s never gonna happen anyway.

    • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I’d love to see Mastodon take off, but until it increases its utility for journalists (and influencers) it’s going to be hard to replace other microblogging apps.