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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[–] deadsuperhero@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Truth Social is such a freaking dumpster fire. It would be the absolute worst candidate to be used by governments. Some politicians? Sure. Actual departments? Ehhhh

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I know, I just always think it's humorous that its technically a fediverse project, although it seems it doesn't do federation (that I know of, and thank god for that).

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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

[–] deadsuperhero@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Literally just saw this in my feed: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-sues-truth-social-co-founders-says-not-entitled-stock-shares-rcna146106