@ilumium "this is why we can't have nice things", feels like despite all the legislative and regulatory efforts targeted at big tech, and despite the knowledge of why Federated social media would be the solution, the main motivation has always been about a trade war.
"Digital sovereignty" sounds very hollow, when you close this project accept that X and Meta owns your communication platform with citizens.
Btw are any of the EU handles that you tagged actively responding here?
@benjaoming Good question, the official @EU_Commission account is pretty active and has been responsive in the past. @EC_Commissioner_Breton has pretty much moved back to #X, the service he loves to publicly criticise so much but also seems to be very addicted to.
It's really sad that the staff behind such an important project who've no doubt gained a lot of valuable and unique experience from interacting with 100k followers now have to stop, for no good reason.
But I hope that people with this experience can find a venue to share it, so the Fediverse can continue to develop.
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