 The #MTA is off twitter! If you live in NYC or use the service (including metroNorth, CT friends!) Please contact the MTA and let them know they would be more than welcome on the fediverse. They could probably have their own instance "@mta.info" just the way it ought to be. I hope they come here. #nyc #transit #metronorth #lirr 42 comments
@hammancheez @futurebird I see people complain about NYC and Chicago and Seattle transit and I'm down here in the DFW Metroplex waiting on the hourly bus that didn't arrive twenty minutes ago. @futurebird ThanksβI just contacted them with the suggestion. Hereβs the MTA contact info page: @futurebird  @NYSloth @futurebird They can follow the model of @ai6yr who has brought public safety services to life here on his server.  @franktaber @NYSloth @futurebird I could probably get that on here. I have @sfbart_bot and @wmata_bot going here @franktaber @NYSloth @futurebird @sfbart_bot @wmata_bot Yeah, that might be do-able... They have a spot I can snag the notices. I'll have to see what it looks like. @franktaber @NYSloth @futurebird @sfbart_bot @wmata_bot I'm unsure how crazy it will be (lots of service notices up there!) -- will play around with it... Eventually it will go up at @nymta_bot @ai6yr @NYSloth @futurebird @sfbart_bot @wmata_bot @nymta_bot Wow. Amazing work and amazing speed. @futurebird @kdund @futurebird in case you didn't already know: https://snabelen.no/@kdund.rss @kdund @futurebird most fediverse instances support adding ".rss" after the account id for a live feed @krishean my word, it works for my homepage too, I'm awash with self-monitoring options :D  @serge A post marked "non-repliable" would then simply not show any replies on instances/clients that implemented this. Of course, if they'd like to actually interact with customers, it's a loss. There's a really good discussion of how ActivityPub handles replies here: @futurebird @futurebird I used to send them messages via twitter, to which theyβd respond very quickly. I donβt know if they need to join the fediverse, but they **have** built a really good app. TrainTime works really well. One of their conductors even showed me a couple features I hadnβt discovered on my ownβsuch as the ability to figure out which cars on your train have restrooms. (thatβs not trivial) @futurebird @briankrebs This is the way. From media organizations, to businesses, to charitiesβ¦ You control your domain, so you can control the federation of your content.  @futurebird Done! (Although they're getting off Twitter, I'm guessing somebody is still monitoring responses for a while.) Just out of curiousity, how does having one's own instance, versus having an account on an existing instance, change things? Does an instance name make it more searchable? Will all other instance members be able to find it. @GregCirillo @futurebird For one, they'd be in control of their own federation with other instances. If they join an existing instance, then that instance is colonized by bots, scammers or Nazis, a bunch of folks would block it and they'd be cut off from other users. If there's a whole instance of just MTA updates and comms, basically no one's defederating from them @Quisley @futurebird  Costs -- pretty much mirrors of the above: * You have to do the moderation -- or pay someone to. * Also sys-admining -- or pay someone to. * Customization, of course, requires tinkering. * Again - details to manage: picking and installing software, and/or finding someone to do that for you. There ARE services that do hosting and system-level administration for Fediverse servers. I have a Misskey server that I run on my project site, which really only has me on it, though I plan to open it up to project contributors. But I also keep this personal account on a server run by a friend. One reason is because it's less hassle. Another is because there is a larger community on this server. And another is because, if my site goes down, I will still have this account to tell people about it!  @GregCirillo @futurebird the biggest reason, especially for official government organizations or private companies, is that most instances are hosted & made accessible to the public for free by people out of the goodness of their heart, and if a large entity wants to come be part of that then they either need to give back to the instance they're on (which especially for things like governmental organizations can be complicated) or just host their own.  @GregCirillo @futurebird a few reasons a government agency might want to run their own instance (especially on their own long established domain) 1) verification that the instance and the accounts really are who they claim to be. DNS is pretty good for that combined with their existing communications 2) Compliance esp for government agencies likely need to retain all records and publications 3) continuity of service instead of relying on volunteer admins to keep a server up |
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@futurebird Stuff like this makes me so incredibly sad. As I used to use things like this for status updates, etc.