Mastodawn

Jan 11, 2021

Thing is we all gave twitter and Facebook that power, it wasn't just VCs. We joined up to connect with other people without realising what it meant. We have centralised our discourse on a few platforms. This is why #decentralization +federation is better. @joinmastodon
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RT @ggreenwald
Prior to Chancellor Merkel's warnings about the dangers of Silicon Valley censorship in the context of the Trump ban, Mexico's President AMLO issued a…
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1348740714084102145

Glenn Greenwald on Twitter

“Prior to Chancellor Merkel's warnings about the dangers of Silicon Valley censorship in the context of the Trump ban, Mexico's President AMLO issued an even harsher warning about how dangerous it is for tech monopolies to control online speech: https://t.co/AUFiT7CXcL”

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Free Pietje 🇵🇸 🍉Jan 12, 2021

@onepict
You made a (imo) crucial addition to the points Glenn made on

He's also fatalistic in portraying that there is nothing we can do about it. And then mentions an example using another (near) monopolist: AWS.

I've send several emails to The Intercept asking them for a presence on FOSS platforms/fediverse, but they still haven't. They're only (afaik) on Twitter/FB/Instagram/YT, thereby contributing to the very problem he's now complaining about.

@FreePietje
As for the intercept and other media outlets I feel that it's their MO to portray the view that there's not much we can do. Bad news sells better than good news.

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Free Pietje 🇵🇸 🍉

@onepict
The majority of media outlets rely on advertising and therefor you get horrible incentives with pretty predictable results.

The Intercept is different. There are no ads and their goal is to be user funded. Whether it'll work out remains to be seen, but at least they don't have the horrible incentives. And I hope that quality journalism will the the reason that people are (finally) willing to pay for news.

SCB: "Lies spread faster then truth"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymaWq5yZIYM

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