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Eugen Rochko

Happy to report that @verge is now officially on Mastodon (and verified) ☺️

55 comments
stux⚡

@Gargron @verge@mastodon.social Awesome! :cat_hug_triangle: i do have the @verge bot still but inactive..

I could send the followers to the official if accepted ofc :cat_hug_triangle:

Jari Nikkinen

@Gargron @verge Joined in 2017? Does it mean they've became active as of now?

Frozen Canuck

@Gargron @verge Woohoo! 🥳

(Hope they'll drop the automated bot tag)

caitp

@Gargron @verge finally the hard hitting journalism we needed in our limetines

Roman :verified0:

@Gargron @verge I hope to see some manually created content like on Twitter. Not just RSS

Kakurady

@zemlanin @Gargron does it mean you will need to add "follow the real Verge at @verge" to @theverge now?

Anton 🌻

@kakurady @Gargron @verge I guess, but, probably, worded differently — right now, it looks to me closer to RSS-to-ActivityPub accounts than to Federated Verge Nilay has been talking about for the last year

Garret :bongoCat:

@zemlanin @kakurady @Gargron @verge

I wonder if this is a first step (them posting more articles in a RSS style) towards going to Wordpress and getting the fediverse set up through that.

I THINK I heard they were moving over to WP from their current CMS, at least.

Anton 🌻

@garretble @kakurady @Gargron @verge Same

Chorus-to-WP migration was also mentioned in the latest Vergecast, btw

Samofhearts

@Gargron @verge I didn't even know you could be verified on this site. 1 elephant trunk mark please. I definitely am myself.

Garret :bongoCat:

@samofhearts @Gargron @verge

It’s not too hard if you have a site you can use: joinmastodon.org/verification

Kind of a “verification by virtue of being known in another place.” For most people it’s “if you have a website, you can verify your mastodon with it.”

Erin Conroy

@Gargron @verge

But automated? Do they have any real people journalists on here?

Mike Johnston

@Gargron @verge
Love to see it! Hopefully the start of a movement 💪🤞

Jordan Kay

@timonus @Gargron @verge It’s weird that it’s not @verge@verge.com or something though, right?

Tim Johnsen

@_Jordan @Gargron @verge eh, I don't blame them for not wanting to run their own instance I suppose

Ben Male

@Gargron @verge was looking for them just yesterday! Woooo!

FinchHaven

@Gargron

Making the @verge now the official PR mouthpiece of @Gargron and @Mastodon

Oh good

Just what we all need

Not that I've even read the Verge once in the last 10 years

RosOne

@Gargron @verge good job. Own instance would be great though

Gabriel N

@Gargron @verge I hope they stop gratuitously trashing Mastodon in their articles.

Theo Watson

@Gargron @verge yes!!! felt like as a tech news site it made a lot of sense. 👏

Michael Smith

@Gargron @verge Now we just need to get Vox and Polygon over too!

william.maggos

@Gargron @verge

would love to see their staff using verge dot social accounts.

author_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x6

@Gargron @verge Does Mastodon yet have the feature to follow the Account on a List but filter Accounts posts out of the main feed?

To not drown the main feed in unlimited posting from multiple news-type accounts like this?

Homer 💻 🎮 🎣 🍔🐈

@Gargron @verge Nice, Now If every 10th post is about a birdsite we can't stay friends Verge.

Kevin

@Gargron @Ming @verge Good news.

Wondering how long it’ll take other media groups and individual journalists to actually get on and use #mastodon rather than the toe-dipping disingenuous non-efforts that are so common.

The use (and outright promotion) of oligarchy owned platforms by ostensibly progressive and even self described left wing journalists is disturbing to say the least.

cultdev

@Gargron @verge will follow if/when they drop the bot tag and start doing some manual/custom posts

Moritz Dietz

@Gargron @verge I hope they also sponsor your hard work. 😇

abcxyz

@Gargron @verge Maybe no one at mastodon is interested but there should be real attempt at attracting accounts from other platforms, not just for mastodon but for the fediverse as a whole.

Until that is done, mastodon will be in constant brink or losing steam and eventually relevance

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