Dear journalists: Twitter is now the platform of choice for right-wing extremists -- a platform where they are welcomed, promoted, and even in some cases paid by Musk's site.

Why, when there are real alternatives, is it still your site?

#journalism #ethics

@dangillmor I think, sadly, when it comes to reach, there is no real alternative to Twitter.

There are some cases of Mastodon posts getting more engagement per follower than on Twitter, but I don’t know whether that’s the rule or the exception.

@jsit I have half the followers on Mastodon that I had (in theory still have) on Twitter, but I've had ~10 times the engagement here.

Adding: And it's high-quality engagement, boosts, real conversations, and very little trolling (so far).

@dangillmor @jsit most of the trolling probably comes from me honestly. 🎣 🐠