Jay RosenDec 20, 2022

What the so-called “Twitter Files” actually reveal.

“It isn’t Twitter’s fault that so much conservative discourse in the Trump era is so deeply, fundamentally dishonest.”

https://slate.com/technology/2022/12/elon-musk-twitter-files-bari-weiss-matt-taibbi-shadowbanning.html

This is one of the best cut-through-the-noise pieces I have read in months. Seriously. It's that good.

#journalism #journalists #USpolitics

The Great Internet Grievance War the Right Has Wanted Is Here. It Ain’t Going Well.

The “Twitter Files,” and the journalists hand-picked for them, don’t reveal what Elon Musk wanted.

Slate
Show threadKent Bye (Voices of VR)
@jayrosen_nyu non-sequitur blast from the past: I remember when you were voluntarily protesting the change from 140 characters to 280 characters back in 2017. Nice to you making good use of 400 characters over here on Mastodon.
Dec 21, 2022 at 9:01amWeb
Show threadJay RosenDec 21, 2022
@kentbye Yeah, I was wrong about that.
Show threadKent Bye (Voices of VR)Dec 21, 2022
@jayrosen_nyu I actually felt the same way since most of my early tweets capped out at 140. Then I quickly capped out at 280. Sometimes I cap out at 400 here, but there is a big gap between 280 and 400, and it’s interesting to see a sort of microblogging efficiency in your use of 400 characters here that’s a different style and mode of communication than Twitter.
Show threadWill SmithDec 21, 2022
@kentbye @jayrosen_nyu I don’t find 400 bad, but much more than that is a bit much. I wish I could set my client to add a “read more” button to stuff longer than 300 or 400 characters.
Show threadKent Bye (Voices of VR)Dec 21, 2022

@will @jayrosen_nyu

But it's not a great editing workflow, but at least it will allow you to add text behind a "show more" button.

Also requires poster to add it.

Testing to see if it works on the web client. May not work on phone apps.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqTPDHbdVA&t=224s

Test post where I saw this:
https://mastodon.social/@trevorflowers@xoxo.zone/109550612176317667

How to post on Mastodon (understand all the options)

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Show threadWill SmithDec 21, 2022
@kentbye I meant when other people post manifestos. My instance will remain at a reasonable limit.