Texas ObserverMar 29, 2023

“Among the unexpected sources of support for the magazine was the #fediverse—the collection of decentralized Mastodon servers that soared in popularity following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Many comments on the GoFundMe page mention that the donors learned about the Observer through #Mastodon—where the Texas Observer was one of the first journalistic outlets to set up its own server, @jamescanup said.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/29/texas-observer-closing-gofundme via Guardian

#TexasNeedsAnObserver #mastodon #journalism

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Show threadMa Quest Mar 29, 2023
@TexasObserver "“The generational passing of the baton may actually be happening through Mastodon,” Canup said."
Show threadMike BrownMar 29, 2023
@MaQuest I was shocked to not have heard of TO during my 14years of very active Twittering. Was one of my early follows here on Mastodon thoughand glad to have found it
Show threadMa Quest 
@BikeMrown Yay! #Solidarity from UK! I was on Twitter for just under two years. Never heard of TO while there. Today I have 40+ notifications on this reply to their toot. I've gone viral! 
Mar 30, 2023 at 1:25pmWeb