N.B. government to stop using social media platform X after request from child advocate

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-government-stop-using-x-9.7076199

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adespoton@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 190d (3 replies)

All Canadian government orgs should have migrated to self-hosted Mastodon instances years ago.

otter@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 190d (2 replies)

The government definitely could have been the ones to take the lead on this. Reading the article, it seems like the solution is for Canadians to get on the platform and show that we're here

Lamrock said that most of X’s value comes from the days when it was Twitter and the fact that many governments are still on the platform from those days.

The City of Fredericton recently stopped suing X, but spokesperson Marley McLellan said the decision was made after a survey that showed residents were using X less and less to find information about city services.

“The city looks forward to continuing to share information and connect with residents on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, the website and through newsletters,” McLellan wrote in an email.

Are people really getting government updates through LinkedIn?

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 189d

This just gave me an idea: someone should make a mastodon instance that is purely website RSS feeds.

Government websites amazingly often still support RSS.

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 189d

Are people really getting government updates through LinkedIn?

Government employment and employee updates.

Stampy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 189d

TDSB and TPS still using it makes me wonder.

They should throw Linux on those Chromebooks they have all of the schools as well