The server is now live and in use at social.overheid.nl
The official announcement post by the State Secretary of Digitalisation: https://social.overheid.nl/@avhuffelen/110700825255524685
In the post she mentions that the government supports ‘value-driven’ alternatives to social media. In a letter to the house of representatives she describes Mastodon as a Digital Common Good, and that it fits in the larger strategy of the government of using ‘open source, unless’ (meaning theyll always use open source unless there is a clear explicit reason not to).
We need more governments to follow.
The German government also has one: https://social.bund.de/
and honestly, businesses too. There is opportunity here in the business sector, I think.
Not to mention that they can have a extra layer of legitimacy/professionalism with a corporate subdomain and a branded theme.
Really wish all governments would do this.
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