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?
I stayed for a while post-Musk to try to persuade people (not just journalists!) to come here--but stopped posting for good right after Tucker Carlson's announcement
I think journalists felt #Twitter was "our" platform, i.e. the place where we could reach *each other*, so. It's hard to let go! But it's time...
I reckon the shift will happen fast when we get real opt-in search here, and quote posts
(bc #Bluesky ain't it)
@maria @dangillmor Apparently https://universeodon.com/ has enabled search 4 months ago, it works for all content coming to their server (which is a lot).
I'm only interested in supporting opt-in solutions, ideally at the per-post level *and* per-account level
I think for years most have kept sensitive conversations off Twitter entirely, esp. since proton and signal emerged
Search that is limited in any way (aside from user-controlled opt in) is a nonstarter, I reckon (?)
Billionaires really like that aspect of these media platforms; the "working for free" part.
You don’t see that he allowed journalists to dip into DMs for journalists’ gain? And journalists sort of like that?
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