The Fediverse is the real world collection of platforms, apps, and services that implement ActivityPub. They constitute a “federated universe” of interconnected social networks and can freely communicate with one another.

The #Fediverse is considered to be the “next big thing” in social media. Usage has roughly tripled from 2022 - 23, and as larger platforms begin adopting we can expect a tenfold increase in adoption in 2024.

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So why should a public agency care?

1. Autonomy.
#Government agencies should not be reliant on advertising-driven media companies to broadcast vital public messaging.
2. Alignment.
Support a person-centric, privacy-focused social network environment grounded in diversity and inclusivity. In many ways it is being built to counter the harms of for-profit social media.

Learn more about the pathways to Fediverse adoption by governments: https://about.iftas.org/2024/03/06/open-social-for-the-common-good/

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📆 Nov 17, 2018 #NASA will #retire 🗑️ its new mega- #rocket if #SpaceX or #BlueOrigin can safely launch its own powerful #rockets : "we will eventually retire the #government system, and just move to a #buying #launch #capacity on those [rockets]" Stephen Jurczyk, NASA's associate administrator https://www.businessinsider.in/nasa-will-retire-its-new-mega-rocket-if-spacex-or-blue-origin-can-safely-launch-its-own-powerful-rockets/articleshow/66673026.cms
#Artemis#SLS

#LaunchCost#SpaceCompany#SpaceAgency