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 @_chris_real Hey! Our journalism is free to access. And I'm a decades-long part of the open social web movement - Mastodon is very important to me indeed. I didn't mean to offend with my framing. We're on a funding drive because it's a non-profit (like other public media outlets). Nobody pays to read what we do. And others may be covering it, but it was our investigation that broke the story. 23 comments
 @_chris_real Ask Marcy what she thinks of this kind of journalism — she'll tell you to support it. There is nothing noble in wanting important work to not be supported, or valuable labor to go uncompensated. So I'll make a deal with you, Big Follower. You give Marcy $1000, and the next time, I'll go easier on ProPub (who really doesn't need the money—only its lower-tiered journalists do). Will you take the challenge? You really go to the trouble of typing something like that, knowing it's totally ineffective? That's just lazy. There's unFollow, there's Block—USE them. That's what they're there for. @_chris_real Just look at all the bullshit YOU typed. Why are you still talking, when keeping your damn mouth shut is always an option? So you're the erstwhile hall monitor of Mastodon? I think, nahhh. If you need people to shut up to make you happy, maybe you should think about your dependancy issues. Nobody died and left you boss [with censorship powers]. Mastodon gave you a Block. USE it. @_chris_real Consider all the shit YOU talked about ProPublica, when you could have just as easily blocked or muted the guy. You can dish it out, but you can't take it. And, you're projecting.  @paninid I'd be a lot better without you crapping up my mentions. Scram. Well, today I learned it’s “facist” to work at a non-profit and ask for donations… You’re history’s greatest monsters, ProPublica! 😅 Being misunderstood at the start by third parties who love to creatively expand their misunderstanding is a bottomless pit of useless typing I'd love to discus it on Pro Publica's account, but they don't deem us worthy of a presence on Mastodon . . . From wikipedia: "ProPublica was the brainchild of Herbert and Marion Sandler, the former chief executives of the Golden West Financial Corporation, who have committed $10 million a year to the project. "The Sandlers hired Paul Steiger, former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, to create and run the organization as editor in chief." Looks like they have private funding after all. No need to sell steak knives. |
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@ben
You told me that your opinion of Mastodon depended on how much money they sent you. You can't squirm out of that judgement by claiming you're a non-profit—but you "really need" money.
Did you —really— "break a story" though? Or were you the first who published what was well-known, but many were struggling to make known?
Your whole "but still—Capitalism?!?" reeks of the monarchists who infest post-capitalist marketplaces. We also call them magats and fascists.
Stick to steak knives (at least it's honest), although I hear silver-infused bedsheets also do well.
Read Marcy Wheeler/emptywheel for examples of 'actual' no-one-pays journalism.
I am a musician. You've got nothing to school me with about working for free.
@ben
You told me that your opinion of Mastodon depended on how much money they sent you. You can't squirm out of that judgement by claiming you're a non-profit—but you "really need" money.
Did you —really— "break a story" though? Or were you the first who published what was well-known, but many were struggling to make known?