Nothing you said there actually disagrees with what I said, with the exception of abandoning Twitter completely, which I’m okay with in principle. The issue is that Twitter is currently an effective method to reach some subset of their constituents, regardless of how misguided they may be. Giving an alternative is also a bonus.
Face it, the number of people who know Mastodon exists is a fraction of Twitter users. Do you think it’s politicians’ job to provide technology education?
Do you think it’s politicians’ job to provide technology education?
Of course. Public education comes from the public sector. We should be electing politicians with administrations who are smarter than the general public. Any tech education that comes of Twitter abandonment is welcome.
Nothing you said there actually disagrees with what I said, with the exception of abandoning Twitter completely, which I’m okay with in principle. The issue is that Twitter is currently an effective method to reach some subset of their constituents, regardless of how misguided they may be. Giving an alternative is also a bonus.
Face it, the number of people who know Mastodon exists is a fraction of Twitter users. Do you think it’s politicians’ job to provide technology education?
Of course. Public education comes from the public sector. We should be electing politicians with administrations who are smarter than the general public. Any tech education that comes of Twitter abandonment is welcome.