Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

EU Voice

social.network.europa.eu

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

171–180 of 250 posts

Re: EU Voice

#171

Post by simion314 »

Ecstatify wrote: post #167
simion314 wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Where did I mention Elon? If EU would buy a big share of Titter it gives money to Elon, if from FB you give the money to Mark etc. You are implying that is pointless me to have a person website because I will not succeed to be more popular the FB or Twitter. The joke is on you I have a personal website and I run a blog and some static pages. EU is not attempting to defeat Twitter, It makes sense (if your logic circu…

I never mentioned Elon or the implications of buying twitter, you went off on that tangent. > You are implying that is pointless me to have a person website because I will not succeed to be more popular the FB or Twitter. The joke is on you I have a personal website and I run a blog and some static pages. EU is not attempting to defeat Twitter Again never said that. Backup communication methods don't work if no ones…

My point is that it makes sense EU agencies post on many medias and it makes no sense to limit to only one and force the citizens to make accounts on Twitter, this days you are forced to login to read it. What if I have no account or maybe an AI blocked me, I can't read some useful information.

Re: EU Voice

#172

Post by JW_00000 »

qwertox wrote: post #99

I don't get it. Take the "Tagesschau" [0] for example. Now with all the ordeal around Twitter, they don't bother mentioning that this exists. They could even explain what Mastodon is and what makes it special. [0] Tagesschau (German for Review of the Day) is a German national and international television news service produced by the editorial staff of ARD-aktuell on behalf of the German public-service television netw…

In both Flemish and Dutch media, I've seen Mastodon pop up several times in the last week. It seems to be this is because quite a number of Flemish and Dutch Twitter users (known journalists, tech commentators, etc.) have started using it.

[1] https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/11/01/mastodon-twitter/

[2] https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20221101_97987771

[3] https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/10/31/vier-vragen-over-mastod...

Also found this in French-speaking Belgian media, but I'm not sure how much it's talked about there: https://www.rtbf.be/article/depuis-le-rachat-de-twitter-par-...

Re: EU Voice

#173

Post by simongray »

julienreszka wrote: post #149

I have no Idea hot to use this thing, the ux is really not that great imho

You are not supposed to use this website so UX really doesn't apply.

This is the Mastodon instance of official EU accounts, not a website where you can sign up. You can follow any of these official EU accounts from other Mastodon instances since Mastodon is federated. Your gateway to Mastodon is the website of the instance where you sign up or one of the many Mastodon client apps.

What would likely happen is that you see something "retweeted" (boosted) on your timeline by some other account you're following and this perhaps makes you aware of one of these official EU accounts, the exact same way it works on Twitter. You don't need to care about the fact that it is posted on another instance, however in this particular case you can consider it a form of verification.

Re: EU Voice

#174

Post by JadeNB »

Ecstatify wrote: post #170
JadeNB wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> previous poster interpreted "buy a considerable stake in these American social media companies" as give Elon Musk money. Which social-media companies did you mean? If Twitter is among them, then that is , at least indirectly, giving Musk money; and, if not, then it's hard to see how buying that stake would help to ensure communications reliability, since Twitter seems to be much more common than any other American…

I don't understand this link with Twitter, maybe because it's in the news now. I never mentioned any specific company. The previous poster wanted to go on some Elon rant/tangent. My point was to invest in a platform that people actually use. If I'm the EU I want to have a platform where I can spread my message to as many people as possible. The EU is already spending huge amounts of money advertising on these platfor…

> I don't understand this link with Twitter, maybe because it's in the news now. I never mentioned any specific company.

Exactly, which is why I'm asking: when you said "buy a considerable stake in these American social media companies", which social-media companies did you mean?

Re: EU Voice

#175

Post by codethief »

qwertox wrote: post #99

I don't get it. Take the "Tagesschau" [0] for example. Now with all the ordeal around Twitter, they don't bother mentioning that this exists. They could even explain what Mastodon is and what makes it special. [0] Tagesschau (German for Review of the Day) is a German national and international television news service produced by the editorial staff of ARD-aktuell on behalf of the German public-service television netw…

Uhhh…

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/mastodon-twitter-altern...

https://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/audio/audio-147719.html

Re: EU Voice

#176

Post by Ecstatify »

riffic wrote: post #132
Ecstatify wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand why the EU bothers wasting money on these initiatives. No one uses these platforms. Why don't they buy a considerable stake in these American social media companies instead of trying to reinvent the wheel that is deflating as soon as it launches. https://tube.network.europa.eu URL looks like a scam website. There is no way tech illiterate people can use these websites. Their first video that appear…

> No one uses these platforms. nO oNe UsEs MaDtOdOn I'm personally really tired of this trope, so instead of offering reasonable replies I'm just going to return the same spirit of ridicule back to you (despite HN guidelines, lol)

So you're arguing that lots of people use Mastodon?

Even on Hacker News no one is talking about it

Mastodon: 536 results

Facebook: 276071 results

Twitter: 371583 results

Re: EU Voice

#177

Post by gsora »

Fiahil wrote: post #163
gsora wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mastodon is a community effort, and as such members of the community will work on stuff like UX. I’m not saying that you’re wrong, but rather contribute back instead of slamming a (very advanced and usable) project down just because your registration experience was bad. This is open source, not a company with billions to spend on UX: they do what they can.

> This is open source, not a company with billions to spend on UX: they do what they can. This is not an excuse, all it takes to have a decent -or even a good UX- is one person asking the right questions and following up by interviewing a few folks during the sign up process. It could be done in less than 2 hours or during a coffee break. Getting the right experience and setting aside the time to do it is just busine…

Well if you want to do that, I’m sure they’ll appreciate your inputs. I would if I could.

I’m sure this new influx of users will bring many UX designers into the space, and the improvements will be tangible.

Re: EU Voice

#178

Post by yurishimo »

grammers wrote: post #166

It's a first step, but to me it feels like they just cross-post from twitter.

That's how everything starts. Same thing w/ Twitter and the migration to Instagram for photo-centric content. It takes time to move people over and the cost to cross-post is basically free.

Re: EU Voice

#179

Post by qwertox »

codethief wrote: post #175
qwertox wrote: post #99

I don't get it. Take the "Tagesschau" [0] for example. Now with all the ordeal around Twitter, they don't bother mentioning that this exists. They could even explain what Mastodon is and what makes it special. [0] Tagesschau (German for Review of the Day) is a German national and international television news service produced by the editorial staff of ARD-aktuell on behalf of the German public-service television netw…

Uhhh… https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/mastodon-twitter-altern... https://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/audio/audio-147719.html

One is an article (which I was aware of) and the other one is a Podcast / radio format contribution.

What I meant was raising the discussion in one of the 20:00 live news, where the audience is significantly bigger.

Re: EU Voice

#180

Post by dools »

Sargos wrote: post #108
johnywalks wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> whims of a private American corporation Exactly. Private corporations that adhere to US law and have demonstrated that they don't operate in good faith. Each country should control official channels of communication.

>Each country should control official channels of communication. I don't want to create 100 accounts to access each countries totally unique and special websites. It's a bad system and ultimately will lead to less discourse and not more.

You don’t have to create an account to read posts on mastodon
Post reply on HN