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Could the US Government Self-Host a Fediverse Server? (wedistribute.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In response to Joe Biden and the White House enabling ActivityPub federation via Threads, a number of people asked: "Why didn't the White House just self-host their own Mastodon server?"

Here's some very basic musings on what it would take for that to happen. and what some of the hurdles are. Don't consider it a definitive answer, but a jumping-off point.

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[–] Fuck_u_spez_ 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Ironic considering the user base, not that there's any shortage of irony on "truth" social.