Gregory's Server#NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official #Twitter feeds after being labeled by Elon Musk as “state-affiliated” and then “government-funded media.” https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label
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@pygmalion55 @w7voa Or RSS (which they probably already have, actually.) Same ability to reach people, no annoying comments or flame wars. @jdeisenberg @jdeisenberg I follow a bunch of newsbot feeds. But they need something to automatically repost. Anyway this wod be a golden opportunity for a big name to make an official news instance for their own content.  @pygmalion55 press.coop really should just be blocked wholesale since the whole instance is a read-only twitter mirror. @pygmalion55 @jdeisenberg @w7voa @NPR @nprpolitics Hopefully those accounts are going to be wetware soon, seeing as they already have the followers here. @pygmalion55 @w7voa Send them an email and suggest it while mentioning you fav NPR show or reporter/host   @w7voa Nice! At least one media outlet has some self-respect and understanding of why Twitter is no longer a place for journalists (or other reputable businesses) and is sending the message. I wish the NY Times would start showing some spine and fight as well. Maybe with NPR doing this, other outlets will rethink their role on Twitter? @rogue_corq @w7voa Send NPR an email suggesting it, mention your local station and an npr show  NPR is at least cluefull enough to realize that their listeners are savvy enough to find them on other, less corrupted platform. Organizations that attempt to appeal to broader ("less sophisticated")audiences probably don't feel they have that option. It is inconceivable that Musk stepped into the management role at Twitter crowing about "free speech" and vowing to keep Twitter oversight to a minimum; and in a matter of months he has turned the site into his personal troll factory. @GregCirillo Inconceivable that the guy who is on record as buying it to destroy it, is following through on that word? Next you're gonna tell me it's inconceivable that the Democrats are a solidly conservative party and Republicans are outright fascist...   @w7voa I am amazed that organizations are only leaving Twitter in response to personal attacks, rather than because of the myriad other issues that make it a problematic forum to be associated with. @jonahbk @w7voa Too many news orgs look at their web traffic and believe that readers find their stories through Twitter, like it's some kind of RSS on steroids. But at this point, news orgs need to be truly skeptical of the value of those data points. We've all been at this long enough to know that social media referrals aren't driving subscriptions. They just aren't @w7voa Needs to be a trend. Depending so much on one website (after #journalists helped make it so “indispensable”) was always an ethical problem; and now, so is staying. @w7voa We need orgs like NPR and government sites to create their own mastodon instances as a way us to verify who they are and control an aspect of how they are represented. Great to see NPR stepping away from Twitter. @w7voa When will twitter start tagging senators Romney, Burr, Cruz, Tillis, Rubio with "NRA Affiliated Garbage", similar to what you did with BBC and NPR for much less. ...still waiting ...  Let all of our voices be heard and let NPR know they are more than welcome here on Mastodon. I just sent my e-mail. How about you? @w7voa Good for NPR, hopefully other organizations will follow suit. I would much rather see my (meager) NPR contribution going to support an NPR-owned fediverse instance than to a privately owned social media site / dumpster fire. |
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