Dan GillmorMay 14, 2023

Journalists who would never, ever consider working for Fox "News" continue to give their work -- free -- to Twitter.

They surely know that they're supporting a business controlled -- and manipulated in ugly ways -- by someone at least as malign as Rupert Murdoch. They're giving aid and comfort to someone who hates journalism and amplifies anti-democracy memes.

They could, instead, use the fediverse and control their own destinies.

How can they be helped to grasp this?

Show threadHidde

@dangillmor @briankrebs

The second the fediverse can drive traffic to their work.

The journalists and editors are not on Twitter because they enjoy it.
They are there to reach an audience, and to follow the political and journalistic pulse.

May 14, 2023 at 5:00pmWeb
Show threadDubi is here May 14, 2023
@Hidde @dangillmor @briankrebs if the journalists move here, people will follow them.
Show threadOpenDNA⚙️May 15, 2023
@Dubikan @Hidde @dangillmor @briankrebs Publishers have been trying to make that true for nearly 45 years and audiences remain frustratingly uncooperative.