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!
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.
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!
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.