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It’s been around for many years now and famously was used in the consultations for the constitution of Iceland. We also used it in Bulgaria back in 2013 and had a community of more than 3000 users, but it lost traction due to being ignored by politicians and controversial debates.
You can see more recent activity on https://www.citizens.is/ , particularly the impact and news sections.
There’s https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt for a marketplace.
I’m really missing something like https://yrpri.org/domain/3
Well, I guess they had a good idea, but struggle implementing it. The ban makes sense as a mechanism to force social media owners to comply with government regulations. If TikTok demonstrates that they are willing to moderate content, they probably should be allowed again. The caveat is that moderation at this scale is very very difficult, they want to convince us that it’s impossible. But behind this alleged impossibility, transpires a political agenda.
maptoMto Игри - компютърни и физически•Ражда се глобален профсъюз на игровата индустриябългарски език1·24 days ago„Нашата мисия е да си върнем живота, труда и страстта от тези, които ни третират като заменими зъбни колела; да овластим нашите колеги; да се обединим с уволнените, с работещите на свободна практика, с разочарованите изпълнители, с лишените от права и маргинализираните, с работниците, които невидимо се трудят, за да поддържат тази индустрия на крака“, се казва в декларацията за мисията на UVW-CWA. “Ние ще създадем игрална индустрия, която работи за нас, която подхранва талантите си и инвестира в бъдещето си, вместо постоянно да търси краткосрочни печалби. Ние сме тези, които създаваме игрите, така че ние трябва да сме тези, които определят условията на работа.”
maptoto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•Ratio of Russian military vehicle losses Aug 2023 - Feb 2025.4·24 days agoExplained here: https://lemmy.world/comment/15815089
maptoMto Southeast Europe•Croatia signs new defence agreement with Kosovo and AlbaniaEnglish2·24 days agoIt has been hypothesised that Bulgaria could join and this is seen as a hostility by Serbia
https://novinite.com/view_news.php?id=231382
However, winds and governments are changing way too often in Bulgaria and foreign policy is completely unpredictable. The only constant is that it’s toothless.
maptoto Data is Beautiful@mander.xyz•Nuclear Energy Production in selected countriesEnglish1·25 days agoIn Italy the anti-nuclear stance was voted in a referendum in 1987, but they still keep trying.
maptoOPMto Новини от/за Феди •Децентрализация и федерация: сравнение между Mastodon и Bskyбългарски език1·25 days agoЕто още едно сравнение, което оборва всичките потенциални предимства на Bluesky. Разбира се, броят потребители остава предимство, но аргументите за мастодон не са в настоящето, а в бъдещето. https://thelibre.news/why-i-recommend-against-bluesky/
maptoto Data is Beautiful@mander.xyz•Nuclear Energy Production in selected countriesEnglish2·26 days agoI guess that could be a more objective way of looking at it: http://cdn.statcdn.com/Infographic/images/normal/20750.jpeg
maptoto Data is Beautiful@mander.xyz•Nuclear Energy Production in selected countriesEnglish103·26 days agoThen it’s just propaganda aiming to manipulate the German public.
maptoto Data is Beautiful@mander.xyz•Nuclear Energy Production in selected countriesEnglish8·27 days agoWhy is Japan not on this graph?
maptoMto Southeast Europe•Right-Wingers Clash with Police After Romania Bars Populist Calin Georgescu from PollsEnglish2·1 month agoThey got him laundering Russian money into politics and organising a coup, but he still pretends. They need to put him on trial, not just ban him from elections. Of course, it is different institutions that are responsible for these actions.
maptoMto НеПравда - Tracking Kremlin propaganda online•‘Thanks, Uncle Vova’ Moscow invests in pro-Russian influencers to spread propaganda in occupied UkraineEnglish2·1 month agoThis also illustrates the Russian campaign that brought Calin Georgescu to popularity in Romania.
Probably such paid campaigns are in action across other countries, such as the USA and Germany too.
maptoMtoСофия•Bulgarian museum visitors drive Russian ambassador out of exhibit with shouts of ‘Murderer!’English1·1 month agoNice to see my city generating this kind of international news. Sadly, it doesn’t happen often. Thank you Natali Todorova!
maptoOPMto The Black Sea•Zelensky is the first one to officially bring up demilitarisation of the Black Sea2·1 month agoThank you for the context. The current dynamics is that with the waning Russian fleet, Turkey is building up to dominate.
The Montreux Convention needs to be overridden with a total ban of military activity in the Black Sea basin. This is necessary both to protect its fragile ecosystem and as a step towards long-lasting peace in the wider region.
Well, plebbit being text-only means exactly that any media content is being stored remotely on CDNs
maptoMto Bulgarian politics - българската политика@lemmy.world•Настана време разделно за Европа. Българските управляващи се крият2·1 month agoМелони е на тази снимка. Орбан и Бай Ганьо ги няма. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-britain-zelenskyy-europe-starmer-trump-russia-b980170ead74a1a7914c565f14ee6cc9
It is not in the White House that people are dying. In fact, the White House is just going through 2 years of madness that will end at the half-term elections at latest.
maptoOPMto The Black Sea•Weapons, cash seized as Romania targets far-right politician Georgescu's network, Reuters reportsEnglish1·1 month agoNot an uncommon view among mercenaries.
https://github.com/CitizensFoundation/your-priorities-app/issues/161
It’s not a straightforward task. And it’s controversial is you want to avoid multiple registrations.