@kzurell@joindiaspora.com writes about building a community with independent, federated services: "…using mainstream social media for [e-government] participation is impolitic for many obvious reasons. Worst of all, governments are essentially handing their citizens over to advertisers, and to the intelligence gathering of whatever jurisdiction hosts the service." http://www.kirk.zurell.name/articles/build-an-e-community-centre-with-diaspora !diaspora !Fediverse