“I don’t want residents to think we’re giving a stamp of approval to Instagram and Facebook and Snapchat and all their oligarch owners,” said City Councilor Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler at Monday’s meeting. “There’s no ethical social media companies under capitalism,” he said. “We can try to use the ones that are the least bad and reach the most Cambridge residents.”
Somebody tell this guy about Mastodon.
Also worth noting that this article is about the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, not Cambridge, England nor the University of Cambridge. They still apparently thrive in the gutter.
Judging by the quote, they’re likely going to bluesky. They will say that mastodon has a too restricted reach. It’s like a pattern. Every time I see someone coming with that “there’s no ethical [thing] under capitalism”, instead of promoting the anticapitalist things or the most ethical choices, they use the phrase to justify using another capitalist thing.
I called too, he’s a public official and we are the public… nobody should be afraid of calling to provide feedback.
It would be trivial for them to add another site, like Mastodon, to the software the keeps their socials in sync. They just need to hear about it and this guy doesn’t strike me as the ‘hanging out in the Fediverse’ type.
If you want his office to know, you gotta tell them yourself. Don’t assume someone else will do it. You, yes you the person reading this from the other side of the 4th wall, remember the saying from Fortnite “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
Somebody tell this guy about Mastodon.
Also worth noting that this article is about the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, not Cambridge, England nor the University of Cambridge. They still apparently thrive in the gutter.
These people are genuinely too stupid to choose Mastodon.
Judging by the quote, they’re likely going to bluesky. They will say that mastodon has a too restricted reach. It’s like a pattern. Every time I see someone coming with that “there’s no ethical [thing] under capitalism”, instead of promoting the anticapitalist things or the most ethical choices, they use the phrase to justify using another capitalist thing.
Right.
“We hate capitalist oligarchs which is why we are moving to another oligarch-owned platform.”
It’s all so tiresome.
Idk why they can’t use both, any big organisation has a social media team managing multiple handles
Institutions don’t want to or simply don’t care. Anything else said is just an excuse to give a good-looking response
There’s also various services for posting to multiple places
The phone number for his executive assistant is 617-349-4280.
https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/citycouncil/members/jivansobrinhowheeler
You found the number, why don’t you call?
If I admitted to calling, I would be confirming that the phone number the guy’s office received a call from was linked to this Lemmy account.
As it is, who knows who might have called? The call (or ideally, the calls, plural) could’ve come from any number of people who read that message.
I got you.
I called earlier.
It was me.
(Wink)
I called too, he’s a public official and we are the public… nobody should be afraid of calling to provide feedback.
It would be trivial for them to add another site, like Mastodon, to the software the keeps their socials in sync. They just need to hear about it and this guy doesn’t strike me as the ‘hanging out in the Fediverse’ type.
If you want his office to know, you gotta tell them yourself. Don’t assume someone else will do it. You, yes you the person reading this from the other side of the 4th wall, remember the saying from Fortnite “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
That was Oprah