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It is better to have an official instance just like you have official websites. It means that accounts on this instance are official, that you can take their words as official statement.

Having one big instance for every EU citizen is just political centralisation and is not a lot better than the economical one done by Twitter.

We have to unlearn that "everything centralized is good and the only way to go"




> It is better to have an official instance just like you have official websites. It means that accounts on this instance are official, that you can take their words as official statement.

The EU could verify official accounts on their instance.

> Having one big instance for every EU citizen is just political centralisation and is not a lot better than the economical one done by Twitter.

It would be an alternative. People would of course remain free to choose other instances.


> The EU could verify official accounts on their instance.

I don't think the Fediverse has any concept of "verification" as such. Hence "use your own domain to prove your identity".




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