cjmUKJul 26, 2023
Low Quality Facts

Me: Mastodon is the best. People are friendly, there's no manipulative algorithm, and it's full of interesting content.

Journalist: Amazing, the headline of my article will be "Mastodon is social media's new hope".

Me: Also, there are no ads.

Journalist: Interesting. Let's change that headline to "Mastodon is a toxic cesspool that is already dead".

Jul 3, 2023 at 1:34pmWeb
Show threadBronMason For Kamala 2024Jul 3, 2023

@lowqualityfacts

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ Nailed Itโ€ผ๏ธ

Show threadBronMason For Kamala 2024Jul 3, 2023

@lowqualityfacts

Apropos of media reporting on #mastodon hemorrhaging accounts โ€” just saw this post on my feed โ€”

https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/110650191697957110

Jerry Bell :verified_paw: :donor: :verified_dragon: :rebelverified:โ€‹ (@[email protected])

I just read another news article about why mastodon didnโ€™t make it and is dying. Itโ€™s very sad to hear and probably explains why I have to keep adding more server capacity to handle all the people quitting mastodon.

Infosec Exchange
Show threadA. RiveraJul 3, 2023
@bronakins @lowqualityfacts Came to say that too, Nailed it!!!
Show threadJakob NielsenJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts That was an uncharactaristically high quality fact!
Show threadguy,in,a,hatJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts welcome to the #newyorktimesdotsocial! We have lots of friend just waiting for you to buy... purchase or otherwise signup to create an account! It's free for the first 50 toots!
Show threadBenAvelingJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts Iโ€™m old enough to remember when journalism worked on a subscription basis (with ads).
It was better than this whatever this is.
Show threadthe_blackwell_ninja [EST]Sep 4, 2023
@BenAveling @lowqualityfacts That worked quite well until Google and Facebook vacuumed away all their advertisers.
Show threadMarthaJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts
This reflecting an actual interview wouldn't surprise me at all.
Show threadPetterOfCatsJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts again with these high quality facts! that's it, I'm unfollowing.
Show threadneena maiyaJul 3, 2023
@PetterOfCats @lowqualityfacts ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
Show threadFluxJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts The upside is that their sites are so filled with ads... that you can't even read the headline
Show threadJustin DearingJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO POST LIES AND EXAGGERATIONS
Show threadGำจะฏKYJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts very true.. while this might be an imaginary conversation, the fact is, corporate journalists donโ€™t get the fact that something can run on a voluntary basis and without making profits. I was reading about Market driven Journalism in someones post earlier and this reminded me that phrase.
Show threadBraw โ˜•๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts hey. didn't you promise to keep your facts low quality yesterday?
Show threadLow Quality FactsJul 3, 2023
@brawaru I'm spiraling in the wrong direction.
Show threadJargogglesJul 3, 2023
@brawaru
@lowqualityfacts
That was what you might call a "low quality fact."
Show threadDoug ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Jul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts There are ads. Even you put them out asking for donations. Every artist is making ads.
Show threadXilabar the Dice GoblinJul 6, 2023
@Oldfartrant and how dare those artists advertise without paying their platform!
Show threadBrendan JonesJul 3, 2023

@lowqualityfacts โ€œEveryone is very aware at this point that active user numbers of Mastodon have dropped off a cliff.โ€ ๐Ÿ™„

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/op-ed-why-the-great-twittermigration-didnt-quite-pan-out/

Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didnโ€™t quite pan out

The flight from Musk's Twitter to the "free" fediverse never really took off.

Ars Technica
Show threadSemi Sentient AI Cooling WaterJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts No ADs!!! Radical Marxist commies!!
Show threadZZ BottomJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts ๐Ÿ˜‚ But sadly true
Show threadGumpy2Jul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts it sucks to hear this community slandered but we know the truth
Show threadFayeSJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts
Thatโ€™s about right.
Show threadMarc "ACAB" GodinJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts This is higher quality than I've come to expect from you.
Show threadAviva GaryJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts This escalated quickly
Show threadAndrewJul 3, 2023
@lowqualityfacts Hey. Before I start my rant, I want to apologize to you for being the recipient. Youโ€™re not the only one here who thinks #journalists should work for free, even if they need to eat and pay rent. So, nothing personal! But still, I get tired of the self-righteous attitude here that suggests #reporters twist facts for #clicks (most donโ€™t give a shit) or that differing viewpoints always come from ulterior motives. Please be less simplistic. Itโ€™s not a good look.
Show threadLow Quality FactsJul 3, 2023
@andrew I am terribly sorry about the quality of my post Andrew.
Show threadWhiteyJul 3, 2023
@andrew @lowqualityfacts People confuse journalist, reporter, pundit, and contributor. Contributors generate most of the clickbait through third party content mills. Yay for 'monetization'
Show threadAndrewJul 3, 2023
@whitey @lowqualityfacts #Journalist is a catch-all term that nets a wide variety of people. It includes opinion bloviators and mindless trend-followers โ€” but also serious #reporters dedicated to holding those in power in accountable, #editors dedicated to getting it and doing it right, #photographers who risk their lives and safety to bring us images we never forget, copy editors who unmix metaphors and so on. Itโ€™s a lazy mistake to lump all the bad with the good.
Show threadferricoxideJul 3, 2023
@andrew @lowqualityfacts

I don't ask reporters to work for free, but when shit's hidden behind a paywall, it's not the payment that's the problem, it's all the creepy tracking that comes with proving that you've paid. At least with getting a paper out of the street boxes, once I've put my coins in, there's no tracking of what I've read or how/where I read it.
Show threadAndrewJul 3, 2023
@ferricoxide @lowqualityfacts I get that, although itโ€™s no different from buying anything else online thatโ€™s not tangible, like music or software. If you prefer a hard copy, use your coins, if you can. I think news #paywalls irk people because they got it in their heads that news should cost nothing. But what other hard-to-make product or service is free? We pay for volts, fuel, TV, mass transit. Why should #news be different?
Show threadferricoxideJul 4, 2023
@andrew @lowqualityfacts

If news sites didn't include trackers and didn't indefinitely log everything, it'd be a different. Get me a news sites that does that and I'd probably sign up. It's not so much a preference for hard copy, it's a preference for not being tracked.

News consumption is in a similar category as what I read at a library ...except my local library isn't selling my interests or compiling any kinds of profiles about me. Music that I don't have on disc, I stream ...but I get something in return for being tracked: better recommendations (what do I get of value for being tracked and profiled by WaPo etc Al?). And, frankly, the music I like doesn't really say as much about me as what news stories I choose to read. There's just a strong degree of "ick" to logging into a news type of site.
Show threadpotpieNov 10, 2023
@andrew @ferricoxide @lowqualityfacts True but I don't think the consumers deserve that much of the blame: we got used to having a bunch of content for free. But it turned out the free-with-ads/pay-for-none model wasn't viable, and the give-it-away-till-we-have-a-big-userbase-then-start-charging model also had issues. Good ideas perhaps, but failed experiments, and we're just caught in the aftermath for now. /2ยข
Show threadThe Software PaganJul 8, 2024
@andrew @lowqualityfacts You're not disagreeing, then, that journalists will toe the line for corporate interest because that's what pays.
Show threadAndrewJul 8, 2024
@softwarepagan @lowqualityfacts Thatโ€™s nothing close to what I said. But feel free to hold on to that belief yourself, if it makes you feel good.
Show threadThe Software PaganJul 8, 2024
@andrew @lowqualityfacts Lmao he blocked me before I could even see his response. What did he say? ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚
Show threadBig Beautiful Blue WallJul 3, 2023

@lowqualityfacts

No, it's a "ghost town"

Show threadDina M NealeyJul 5, 2023
@lowqualityfacts
This one's a little too on the nose.
Show threadpotatoxelJul 26, 2023
@lowqualityfacts o::
Show threadgonJul 26, 2023
@lowqualityfacts this fact makes me feel bad feelings.
Show threadAviva GaryJul 26, 2023
@lowqualityfacts Here you are again with the High Quality facts...
Show threadSid ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธJul 26, 2023
@lowqualityfacts the other big thing: it's hard for them to get "engagement"
Show threadsamuelJul 27, 2023
@lowqualityfacts Lol.
Show threadRichard CorfieldJul 28, 2023
@lowqualityfacts
I wonder how long it will last. Without the algorithm there isn't the steady stream of political posts. As you say there aren't the ads either.
Show threadjordanSep 4, 2023

@lowqualityfacts let's just use ai to generate ads. like this:

You need to be prepared for an exciting night! Get ready to experience the energy of the nightlife with us. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity!

Show threadEstarriol, Terrorist DragonSep 4, 2023

@lowqualityfacts

Journalist: so mastodon doesn't have an emerald mine funded tech billionaire fascist creating headlines, and letting my white wing readers have something to get enraged about.

Show threadClare SudberySep 5, 2023
@lowqualityfacts I like this one even better than the last one.
Show threadaburtchSep 5, 2023

@lowqualityfacts @pdkcooks The common denominator here - and with everything we encounter - is really โ€œbecause itโ€™s tied to profit.โ€

If we could substitute the profit motive with โ€˜Provide that which is essential for life.โ€™ And not commoditize literally everything. We would have a much saner world.

Show threadMemphisDaPlaya ๐ŸŽฒ๐ŸŽฒNov 10, 2023

@lowqualityfacts

Mastodon ๐Ÿ˜ might think I am a toxic cesspool. They keep sending me notices they are removing some of my posts bawhahaha!

Show threadAhaAchjaNov 10, 2023
@lowqualityfacts ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿ‘
Show threadWilhelm GereNov 10, 2023

@lowqualityfacts

Also no Elron.

Show threadAlexander Goeres ๐’€ฏNov 10, 2023
@Wilhelm Gere but he is on mastodon in a way since everbody keeps mentioning him all the time
Show threadH4Heights ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆNov 10, 2023
@lowqualityfacts Fact Quality way too high, verging on truth.
Must do better!
๐Ÿคญ
Show threadRichard DegenneNov 10, 2023
@lowqualityfacts Why is there a high quality fact in here? I've been lied to! D:
Show thread&Cherry Nov 10, 2023
@lowqualityfacts no media intended to manipulate you into buying things... literally communism
Show threadpancake ๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸฅžNov 11, 2023
@lowqualityfacts i wish there was a way to have an algorithmic timeline because its easy to miss important posts from friends or news unless you read it all. Letting the user build its own algorithm in the client side would be neat. That would ease the manipulation and privacy concerns
Show threadbenedict Jan 12, 2024
@lowqualityfacts heyโ€ฆ whoa thereโ€ฆ. I came here for low quality facts, NOT high quality posts ๐Ÿ™ƒ
Show threadBruce Heerssen Jan 12, 2024
@lowqualityfacts
That last line, of course, is delivered by the editor.