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10_0 ,

People still use twitter?

carl_dungeon ,

People still use twitter?

towerful ,

Good.
Governments should run their own mastadon instances, and provide official accounts for all their public servants, staff, whatever they are called, as well as an account for each agency.

But quitting twitter is a good first step

HumanPenguin ,

I agree. But this is labour MPs. MP != Government even when members of leading party. Only those with ministerial positions are in government.

As Members of parliament outside ministerial government positions are considered to have free speech and not to be representing the government when speaking, The choice of communication media must be down to the individuals.

palordrolap ,

I think a cross-party Mastodon instance or something like it could actually be a good idea. The hard part would be deciding who's allowed to create accounts and when (or whether) to deactivate an account after a person stops fitting whatever qualification got them an account in the first place.

Being an MP, sure, that's a given. What about people running to be MP? What about people setting up fake parties / independently standing in order to get a place on there? Consider Count Binface. Clearly he should have an account on such a platform, but how the heck would he qualify without letting someone less sane on under the same criteria?

And then there's the fact it would need to be run by incorruptible third parties.

And the fact that fascist-leaning politicians would need to be allowed on there so they can't cry foul, despite the fact they'll all only ever post on X anyway.

But then, only a handful of MPs would use it even if it was the only platform available, so it being a potentially good idea is probably all it'll ever be.

psvrh ,
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The UK already had the BBC; maybe this would make a good adjunct service the Beeb could offer? Sort of like the social media equivalent of iPlayer.

Every UK citizen can get an account.

Emperor ,
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Other MPs who still use X have begun examining alternatives, including Threads, which is owned by Facebook’s parent company, Meta, and the open-source platform Bluesky.

So near, yet so far. They had an enshittification sandwich and instead of swearing off it, they are wondering if they just need less nuts and more sweetcorn.

cRazi_man ,

Politicians need to cater to normies.

Everyone (including my wife) think of me as awkwardly difficult and deviant for not being on the “normal convenient” platforms like everyone else.

mannycalavera ,
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