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Dan Gillmor Jan 5, 2023

I keep saying journalists should leave Twitter and use Mastodon, which is better for them in every way. At TechDirt I've posted a somewhat lengthy why-and-how: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/04/journalists-and-others-should-leave-twitter-heres-how-they-can-get-started/

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Journalists (And Others) Should Leave Twitter. Here’s How They Can Get Started

Summary: Elon Musk has demonstrated contempt for free speech in general, and journalism in particular, with his behavior at Twitter. He is also demonstrating why it is foolhardy for anyone to rely …

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British Tech Guru Jan 5, 2023

@dangillmor The problem with Mastodon is there's no uniqueness to user names. Joe Dingleberry can find he can be [email protected] but somebody else could be [email protected]

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ninboy Jan 5, 2023

@britishtechguru @dangillmor Is this not true also for email addresses? You wouldn’t assume [email protected] to be the same as [email protected]. I believe what’s needed are more “official” servers, like newsrooms or press associations having their own masto server with their journalists having accounts there. But we are far from that.

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British Tech Guru

@ninboy @dangillmor Perhaps there's money in having a verified server where everybody's identity is verified. Somebody setting up such an instance would be able to charge for membership and everybody else could block that instance. No better solution exists.