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Ask HN: Why don't public institutions join the Fediverse?

by dynamorando on 7/3/23, 10:20 PM with 4 comments

What prevents public funded organizations such as the BBC, NPR, or public universities from hosting their own Fediverse flavored instance?

Why couldn't user submitted content be public domain, or CC licensed?

Why couldn't companies sponsor these instances (DDoS protection from Cloudflare, etc?) Why couldn't costs be kept to a minimum by limiting to text only format, or rate limiting posts, etc?

  • by mtmail on 7/3/23, 10:45 PM

    German public TV network, they run a dozen channels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARD_(broadcaster) created their own instance at https://ard.social They use it to publish news, similar to how they use Twitter. Currently 8 accounts.

  • by brucethemoose2 on 7/3/23, 10:24 PM

    Because their IT/marketing isnt aware if it and there isn't (yet) a good business case? Why post updates on something mostly no one uses that takes effort to figure out.

    But if Twitter truly goes down in flames after the "wait and see" window we are in now... Who knows?

  • by entropyie on 7/3/23, 10:43 PM

    The EU has a Mastodon instance: https://social.network.europa.eu/explore

  • by pestatije on 7/3/23, 10:59 PM

    because its not known...i heard that word (Fediverse) but have no idea what it is