It is remarkable -- remarkably depressing -- how slow news media organizations are on taking up Mastodon, especially after Musk's attacks on reporters this week. Get with it, people!
https://mstdn.social/@ZhiZhu/109525881919494151
Zhi Zhu (@[email protected])

It would absolutely wonderful if news outlets hosted their own Mastodon instances. A few news orgs that have done that: @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] And several others that have created official Mastodon accounts on general instances: @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] Not sure if this one is official: @[email protected] If anyone knows of any others, please let me know. #News #FollowFriday

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@jeffjarvis I doubt they will until they are convinced they have no choice. Many people are uneasy with the lack of institutional backing behind mastodon (and many other open source projects) - for institutions that goes double or triple. Asking large, traditional orgs to sign up to Mastodons is a big ask, and I'd expect a lot of careful, risk-averse analysis and then, at best, tentative steps.