Huge respect for the EU Commission, @EUCommission, who have updated their webpage with a new follow button — X is out, Mastodon is in!

[qgustavor@urusai.social]

@randahl My client reminded me. It defaults to warning if I try boosting something without alt text.

[wwkudu@c.im]

@randahl @EUCommission Feels like big news. Thanks for letting us know.

[katzenberger@tldr.nettime.org]

@randahl

Ummm... no. That's wishful thinking.

The "Press Corner" page still sticks with the established world order of icons, and the EU commission hasn't stopped at all posting on #X.

In fact, they keep posting much more on X than on the Fediverse / Mastodon.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/home/en?keywords=follow%20us#news-block

@EUCommission

[nilsmielke@det.social]

@randahl @EUCommission ️

[spacelifeform@infosec.exchange]

@randahl @EUCommission

Already following.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@RuthODay2 @randahl @EUCommission

you scared me. i thought you wrote "Fucking AI"

don't worry, i know what "Fucking A" means

[gekko3k@mastodon.social]

@katzenberger @randahl @EUCommission

Yeah right. Only one of the mentioned corps isn't controlled by Trump loyal US billionaires.
Unlikely that the EU finds out what's wrong with that.

[danie1@mastodon.nl]

@randahl
tip to get more organisations take that step: https://todon.nl/@D1/116540896874332858

[antonyo@mastodon.social]

@randahl @EUCommission Hi, when sharing your post on Telegram, the beginning of the Mastodon post is too long, and the punchline is cut in half at "X is out--" , the real message "Mastodon is in" is only visible after clicking the link.

[andralex@mastodon.social]

@randahl @EUCommission

Though the step is commendable, I will not follow the EU to support this one step.

[iveyline@mastodon.nz]

@randahl @EUCommission Thanks for that. Now following

[fede@ioc.exchange]

@randahl @EUCommission great news! Now I'm hoping that also Swedish politicians will start to follow #svpol #eupol

[alterelefant@mastodontech.de]

@randahl
That is really good news! @EUCommission

[thechildofroth@mastodon.world]

@randahl @EUCommission Simultaneously so right and yet so wrong: https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/

[iwein@mas.to]

@randahl we shouted, they listened. Democracy in a nutshell 🥳

@EUCommission

[tasket@mas.to]

@randahl These "Share on Mastodon" sightings always interest me because they're so rare.

They're always broken, which I think is why they're rare.

Anyone who clicks on that link will end up at the wrong place. The 'ec.socialnetwork.europa.eu' web server won't recognize your fedi login, and if you use a native fedi app, there's no way for that link to take you to it.

Fedi is like email, but didn't copy email's 'mailto:' protocol definition, allowing smooth UX across different sites and apps.

[gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu]

@randahl @EUCommission I would love they staffed their account more to be able to reply or at least react to public opinion on fedi.

[tasket@mas.to]

@randahl I know that few people reading this care, because fedi has become a self-selecting demo of IT enthusiasts/experts. But this kind of broken UX matters to most nontechnical users; it drives them away.

Note how this doesn't affect Bluesky or other services that use similar https: links. That's because unlike fedi the address that handles the UI and logins is centralized (i.e. 'bsky.app').

[a_wild_mimic_appears@todon.eu]

@thechildofroth Just wanted to say that; if the commission would stop trying to make the internet a worse place, that'd be great.

[atlovato@mastodon.social]

@randahl @EUCommission - ️ Absolutely