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?
@dangillmor I noticed how Twitter's "Top" search worked today - or didn't work - in manipulating opinions regarding the Turkish election, where journalists are noting that Erdogan's people are interfering with the vote count in major cities.... but these facts are buried, and I can't get over the feeling that journalists staying there risk the slow boil.
Elon is using Twitter to platform anonymous lies and distortions, that target and undermine democracy itself.
https://elk.zone/mastodon.social/@KraftTea/110369553932766725
Attached: 3 images Elmo's "top" algorithm is a steaming pile of agitprop. I went to #twitter, searched for #turkey, and got the following: Elijah Wood: ~20K RTs, 120.8K likes. Sprinter, a repeatedly suspended, anonymous bluecheck Putin proxy, w/ 1763 likes, 583 RTs, claiming #erdogan won the vote. Sprinter, AGAIN, claiming election fraud. Matt Binder, w/ 10.3K likes. Sprinter AGAIN. Sprinter AGAIN. And Sprinter, AGAIN. Followed by journalist Josh Marshall w/ 12.3K likes, far more than ANY of Sprinter's posts.🧵
Dan Gillmor
Tea time.