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I wonder if it'd be feasible to get local governments to fund instances of these platforms as a sort of public square 🤔 It's a total fever dream, but would be really interesting to see!
A quick test for cases where you might think "the Goverment" should be involved: do you think it would be a good idea regardless of who is in power? If you are in the US, would you like to have an instance where Trump accolades are moderators? If you are in Turkey, would you feel comfortable joining a community controlled by Erdogan?
Local governments, so the city. Or even coming out of a local fund to a third party entity who handles administration and moderation. Moderation should be established and guided by third party audits of this entity.
I don't think the government should have a direct hand in deciding the moderation guidelines, but should leave this to other entities, preferably non-profits and cooperatives.
Granted I'm just spitballing here, don't hold me to the fire over this lol
I can't help but think that the censorship would be way way worse if local governments were hosting. Not to mention that they would be most likely to require having people's true identities when creating accounts.
I'm simply suggesting it as an option, not as the entire thing. Nothing would stop people from having their own instances, and as far as the local governments front, they would likely each have their own criteria for joining, if any.
This is the only way I could realistically see an actual "public square of the internet"