Oddbean

Dear journalists: By remaining on the deadbird site you are actively supporting a business whose owner in in league with people who want to end our democracy. He's further eviscerated what was left of the team that was trying to keep election information honest (for typically inane Muskish reasons). Please admit, at least to yourselves, that you're not merely using a handy platform. You are collaborating with him. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/28/elon-fires-half-of-extwitters-election-integrity-team-because-a-manager-liked-a-tweet-calling-him-a-fucking-dipshit/

@f8d9bc1c I equivocated, keeping a postcard there that I never logged. Until I logged and deleted, recently. Nor am I a journalist. But to anyone who is dead bird, consider what you and your "brand" (fuck that idea anyway) look like being on a site that blames the Jews. I say that as someone who *openly* criticizes Israel just as I criticize my own USA for racism and dumbfuck border policies that hold our economies back. Get into the 21st century, fuck the 20th, or oen history's condemnation.

@f8d9bc1c As a journalist, I can come at it from that perspective, and despite it dying, it's still a source of exposure. Especially with FB's work to bury news because they don't want to pay for it.

@f8d9bc1c @f8d9bc1c Why are the GOOD and DAMN GOOD reporters/sites like #RollingStoneMag still on #X ⁉️ They post the good shit, but Mastodon has ⭕800k+ installs and probably a huge number of active users ALL THEY GOTA DO IS use #masttodon and use #hashtags Below (09/28/23) Here is an example of the good stuff being wasted on the #nazibar https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/146/652/877/680/821/original/5301018854881f5f.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/146/653/020/778/766/original/d6702ddebec30cfc.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/146/653/165/869/804/original/60bfabad2e706577.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/146/653/305/628/608/original/932c9f68e98203b8.jpg

@f8d9bc1c Please consider that writers and editors need an audience to replace the one they would be leaving behind. They are still dependent on the revenue that their current audience makes possible. It is not such an easy decision for many of them to walk off the cliff. The best way to encourage them to slow down and stop their activity on that platform is to increase engagement with their content on other platforms. Right now the best effort I have seen supporting this goal is linked below. By simply posting content from RSS feeds from several existing news orgs it is demonstrating that there is an audience here which is worth the effort to expand beyond legacy platforms. You could use your reach on this platform to organize an effort to educate reporters, staff writers and editors about Mastodon and all of the features it offers and how to bring their audience with them. I suggest running a monthly event to message news orgs to invite them to get started. https://press.coop/about

@f8d9bc1c 🤔 Aral Balkan @022a7c10 "If you’re still on Twitter/X does that mean you’re a fascist? No, of course not. It just means fascism isn’t a deal breaker for you." #twitter #x #fascism