Up until very recently, if there was something important going on anywhere in the world, it was virtually certain to be in my Twitter feed. Not just RTs of media reports, but discussion, etc. That just doesn't seem to be true any more over there. And it's not here yet.

I suspect this has much less to do with software features, and algorithms and more to do with culture and who's come over here.

A bunch of people telling me I’m “wrong” to want, or would be “better off without” real-time access to breaking news and firsthand accounts. Maybe that’s true for you. But please don’t presume to speak for me. Not everyone wants or needs the same things.

@mattblaze I put a poll on my Mastodon timeline and the majority responded they want me to post even more breaking news than I did on Twitter (where I remain suspended). On another platform (post.news) I joined there seems less enthusiasm about breaking news. I am on a journalism instance (journa.host) and plan to do my journalism things. Admins of other instances not wanting to see news can block this instance if they desire. The fediverse is diverse and rightly so.