 It gets more absurd every day for Big Journalism to keep pouring its work into Saudi-government-funded Twitter, which is controlled by a right-winger who hates real journalism and boosts extremists. It gets even more absurd for journalism orgs to keep embedding tweets in their stories, given Musk's unfathomable destruction of the platform's usefulness. I keep wondering when journalists will discover that big tech is not their daddy. 22 comments
@dangillmor @6G @dangillmor From what I understand I can build something similar to lists putting followed members into separate columns and categories. But they have to be followed. May not be a significant distinction. ??  @dangillmor Well, the argument that they should "join the federation" is stronger today than it was yesterday.  When #twitter users hear, why not join the Federation? They probably think, "why should I join the evil Empire⁉️ @dangillmor The vast majority won't quit it until and unless they decide it's no longer useful for promoting their work and their individual or corporate brands. Fortunately, thanks to Musk's staggering incompetence (not his evilness) that day may come soon. @jobsboils @dangillmor I also think that there could be more evangelism to news organizations of the advantages of setting up their own instances. @jobsboils @dangillmor My (Pulitzer-nominated) buddy Joshua Ellis is fairly far along putting together a system he named Kowloon which is essentially “an Open Source, Mastodon-compatible social networking system in a box.” An individual can set it up for a blog similar to WordPress, except it has a bunch of features for what Josh calls “circles” in terms of who sees what posts. And its Node.js components are useful for things like the CMS-to-social workflows that news orgs need.  @dangillmor As a non-Twitter user, my perception of seeing embedded tweets in articles over the years slowly transitioned from a lightly confounding experience, into a signal that maybe I shouldn't be taking whatever I was reading at face value. @dangillmor @dangillmor Good faith journalists were linking, bad faith ones took out of context quotes, or copied invented screen shots.  @dangillmor well, except it is their daddy, because since print subscriptions fell they are stuck in and endless hype loop for clicks and advertisers that rely on social media working to turn a profit…  @dangillmor "And who owns the big journalism outlets, again?" he asked rhetorically.  One of the coolest things about the Fediverse is that both big tech and big journalism can only remain on equal footing as local journalism and tech initiatives. Just because they're "name brand this and that" doesn't propel them to the top.  @dangillmor You’ve heard the expression: “beating a dead horse”? this is big journalism riding a dead horse.  @dangillmor@mastodon.social |
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