• Ithral@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    I’m very much onboard with this. Idk if I’d say it’s the libraries job though, I think it should be at the city level for community instances.

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      3 months ago

      The library is appealing to me because:

      Precedence: pre internet I could connect to the library over a landlines and access the library and community news.

      Expertise: not necessarily deep tech expertise, but with information retrieval, curation, education.

      Community access: libraries are a municipal service with brick and mortar locations, and are heavily involved with community/public engagement.

      For clarity, on the fediverse instance aspect. I was thinking more read only, with users being more official organizations with a barrier of entry vs. The general public. I personally wouldn’t want libraries to be moderating public discourse - this should be arms reach. And wouldn’t want them worrying about liability.

      Public information (like safety bulletins for example) shouldn’t exclusively be sitting on a for profit ad platform, it’s bizarre.