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minus-squareqx128@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down1·5 days agoThis is why governments should use public infrastructure for public services.
minus-squareShizu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoSoon when Trump begins his reign I mean dictatorship both Truthsocial and Twitter will be platforms for government announcements.
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·5 days agoI wish the federal government had a software team that made open source software that could be used by all the states.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·5 days agoImagine if there was a free and open source self hosted alternative to twitter that federated with other social networks…
minus-squarereev@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 days agoGermany is/was trying something kind of like this? I don’t know much about it but here’s a link in case you want to try reading into it a bit more.
minus-squareNeatoBuilds@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 days agoI think something like code sharing just became a thing in government so I guess it’s closer Edit: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/01/agencies-required-to-share-custom-software-under-new-law/?readmore=1
minus-squarerickyrigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 days agoCan you imagine a mastodon.whitehouse.gov instance and everyone in the world just defederates with it every time a republican gets inaugerated?
This is why governments should use public infrastructure for public services.
Soon when Trump begins his
reignI mean dictatorship both Truthsocial and Twitter will be platforms for government announcements.I wish the federal government had a software team that made open source software that could be used by all the states.
Imagine if there was a free and open source self hosted alternative to twitter that federated with other social networks…
Germany is/was trying something kind of like this? I don’t know much about it but here’s a link in case you want to try reading into it a bit more.
USDS
I think something like code sharing just became a thing in government so I guess it’s closer
Edit: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/01/agencies-required-to-share-custom-software-under-new-law/?readmore=1
Can you imagine a mastodon.whitehouse.gov instance and everyone in the world just defederates with it every time a republican gets inaugerated?
Well, duh!