About a month ago, I observed that two main things I found lacking here vs. Twitter were accounts from professional creatives (artists, etc) and discussion of breaking news.
The creatives have definitely started to arrive. But the breaking news has been much slower. However, it also seems like breaking news is starting to disappear from Twitter.
I wonder what will fill that gap. Perhaps it will be here, eventually.
The implication, explicitly stated or otherwise, is that if I want those things, I don’t belong here; I should go elsewhere.
I’m staying. Deal with it.
@mattblaze Okay? But if you mention the word “twitter” my filters are going to block you.
Just saying…
The question isn’t whether the news (however it is defined) should be discussed. The question is whether I should be forced into participating in someone else’s doom scrolling.
@obvioustroll @mattblaze one person's doom scrolling is another person's area of interest or study.
Also, what's the line on news that should be filtered? JWST launch was definitely news, but I doubt few people would consider it appropriate for discussion or celebration.
The continual collapse of crypto? I'm not interested in it, but there are tons of other people who enjoy it.
Should it be good news only? Who gets to define what good news is?
@mattblaze @plasticbiker
> one person’s doom scrolling
Well, yes. Did you read my whole thread? When did I imply all people should use the same filters?
The problem is “how do we decide what is important”? Followed closely by, lwho gets to decide what is important?”
@obvioustroll @mattblaze Mastadon doesn't seem to make that possible, and I can only see the one thread where there are just two posts from you.
*shrug*
Probably doesn't help that I consume Mastadon in 8-12hr chunks, so it's sometimes hard to catch-up/follow busy threads. At least they way they are displayed to me.
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