@Gargron decentralice... is the answer to control of any kind.

@Gargron why does everything i do never work out for me?

@Gargron Can't host in the US because of this executive order, can't host in the EU because of the GDPR and warrantless wiretap laws, can't host in the UK because there's no guarantee that they will still have intercontinental cables by the end of the summer, can't host in Australia because encryption is now illegal,

can I just buy a web server in the 1990s and host from there?

@Gargron let's be honest and real for a second

how many executive orders has trump actually signed now that turn out to be all hype and nothing actually gets done or happens 😂

distraction, after distraction, and media fall for it always

now saying that

this executive order will be worth following but I'd bet nothing actually happens or gets done

just a hunch < because history

@Gargron How would you feel about a government, maybe even the US, deploying a system utilizing Mastodon to make a public social network, or even just a .gov instance. I think Trump turning to the Fediverse might be a good thing overall.

"I think I'd be hurting it very badly if we didn't use it anymore," Trump said from the White House. "We have other sites we can use, I guess, or we'd have to develop other sites."

@Gargron How would you feel about a government, maybe even the US, deploying a system utilizing Mastodon to make a public social network, or even just a .gov instance. I think Trump turning to the Fediverse might be a good thing overall.

@Gargron I do hope that a Twitter alternative starts to take off, perhaps it will be Mastadon. Haven't logged on in quite some time.

I'd much prefer if they just acted as a channel for information with very little moderation. Mostly I like to follow people that make cool stuff, and really hate having to see politics on there period.