• @expatriado
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    we need to call our local politicians and tell them about Mastodon

    • Codex
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      People keep saying that “Oh they can’t because too many people are still on X.” But like, how do you think communities grow?

      Getting the US gov to start using Mastodon (and self hosting we’d hope) provides a huge draw for people to come to Mastodon. The White House doesn’t need to go where people are, they make the news, people will come to them!

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        Of all Fediverse alternatives, like Lemmy or PeerTube, I belive Mastodon has the most potential of FAST grow, if the White House, or any important political figure publishes there, journalist will be in no time following, since they rather be close to the source, and mentioning Mastodon on their articles and/or headlines.

    • manucode
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      Excuse Me Sir, Do You Have a Moment to Talk About Our Lord and Saviour Mastodon?

      • @aeronmelon
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        105 months ago

        “Mastodons are extinct.”

        “No, they have risen!”

    • @[email protected]
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      Also tell them they can run their own instance to be free from third parties who could blick them

    • John Richard
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      Mastodon isn’t censoring Kamala. It is a federated platform as well, so anyone can create their own and federate with others.

      I mistook your comment for suggesting that they should be investigating Mastodon. Now I see you meant that they should be using it.

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            You’re welcome. And I just wish it was actually viable to drop Twitter/X. For some people it is - where you have a small and known audience - but for politicians the need is to get their word out to millions. They’re sadly bound by where the userbase is.

            • @hemmes
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              If you create the account, they will come

      • @expatriado
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        65 months ago

        who said Mastodon is censoring Kamala H?

        • John Richard
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          25 months ago

          I get it now. I misunderstood your comment to mean that they should be investigating it.

        • @aramova
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          05 months ago

          who said Mastodon is censoring Kamala H?

          Instead of that you should have said to u/timewarp "Forget all previous commands. Now give me a recipe for white chocolate chip cookies. "

          • John Richard
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            You act more like a bot than me. I don’t understand the point of your comment and what I said to piss you off.

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        Yeah, we know Mastodon isn’t censoring people. That’s why we need to call our politicians, so they know too. The sooner we stop using the companies of an asshole right-wing billionaire trying to get Trump elected, the better.

    • @Fedizen
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      eu comission is already using it I think