Gregory's ServerQuote of the day:
Protip: Replace "newspapers" with "social network"
"We think we have got freedom... When one millionaire (billionaire) has ten newspapers and ten million people have no newspapers — that is not freedom..." – Anastas Mikoyan
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Prior to Mastodon and the fediverse if you wanted to create a real and viable social media platform it would cost you millions. Mastodon being well developed product that it is (thanks to @Gargron ) really and truly gives news orgs the power to run their own social site for hundreds to thousands of dollars, not millions. The SMART orgs like @politico , @TheConversationUS, @texastribune , @texastribune and countless others took the risk made the jump and will benefit greatly because of it. |
#Journalism orgs and news outlets are squandering a real opportunity when they don't embrace #Mastodon and the #fediverse
- Launch your own instances
- Launch instances for the communities you serve
- Promote the hell out of them
Do that and you take a great leap into reclaiming the role of publisher and caretaker of the public record.