Asteris Masouras
I understand that search on Mastodon was intentionally architected to de-globalize and de-escalate toxicity amplification (https://midrange.tedium.co/issues/how-mastodon-search-works/), but I don't think it'll work for news.
How Mastodon Search Works: Why Can You Only Use Hashtags?

Explaining the cultural dynamics that have led Mastodon to have a search engine that barely works by traditional standards.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
Nov 13, 2022 at 1:33amWeb
Show threadJoana MoraisNov 13, 2022
@asteris agree, besides following the very few news sites here I'm seriously missing my fix of news, current events at twitter speed. Plus all the human rights people there, have you tried the lists? I don't have a clue how to curate a list of news sites/HR.
Show threadAsteris MasourasNov 13, 2022
@JoanaMorais lists are clunky to set up and access (wish they could be accessed from the taskbar). I’ve set up a few but not really using them for now. I’ll be newsgathering on Twitter until it goes
Show threadSeebrücke FrankfurtNov 19, 2022
@asteris
And that's why Mastodon can't really replace Twitter.