ProgGrrlDec 13, 2022

Finally, an explanation about why Post.News and their micropayments plan is not going to work, that makes sense to me. He’s got a point.

#News #RIPTwitter #EatTheRich

https://open.substack.com/pub/deepnarrative/p/post-seems-like-it-wants-to-be-the?r=351ii&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Post seems like it wants to be the "Uber of news." Let's be careful.

Twitter is becoming more of a far-right clown show by the day. I saw someone refer to Elon Musk as "QElon" and that captures the feeling over on Twitter right now. Musk is handing over documents to Bari Weiss, the dubiously self-canceled ex-NYT rightwinger. He's working with an authoritarian-leaning writer who co-wrote a book that

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Show threadMitch Effendi (ميتش أفندي)
@ProgGrrl i just wish that techbros would stay tf out of trying to reinvent the wheel of journalism. we do not need more independent journalists out there doing investigations with no ethos, no editor, and no structure. this is how we end up with more Glenn Greenwalds.
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Show threadProgGrrlDec 13, 2022

@msprout

I’m in the frustrated POV of the news consumer who has had it with the birdsite and isn’t going back…

BUT…

Comes over to Don and Post and realizes there are basically no news outlets posting in either location yet.

Show threadCrockerHalieDec 13, 2022

@msprout @ProgGrrl

We have too many helpful citizen reporters and too few readers. Also, I enjoy expertise. And I am in favor of some institutions.