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Thomas RicouardLaunching Mastodon and not being able to see anything about the Baltimore incident might finally mark the time when I need to build a Fediverse service around the news.
Aulia Masna@dimillian I saw one post! https://press.coop/@BBCNews/112160779693749196
BBC News (UK) :press: (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Baltimore bridge collapses into river after being hit by cargo ship Rescuers are at the scene after seven people fell in the water after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed. #press https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-68663071?utm_source=press.coop
@aulia sure but it's not surfaced at all in my timeline if I don't open it at the correct time exactly.
@dimillian yep, that’s how it is when there’s no algorithm. You catch it on time, when someone reposts them, or you miss it entirely. A news tab needs recency factor aside from popularity.
TΞX@dimillian that's why i integrated a RSS column in my client ^^
@textoo well actually https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp/pull/2006
But RSS is not enough IMO
@dimillian yes, it misses the social part, it only relies on your own choices of sources. But it's quite convenient in my case
thai_d_v@textoo @dimillian RSS uses the most sophisticated algorithm in the universe. Your 🧠
@dimillian @textoo you mean folder and tag?
Bill Woodcock@dimillian The Guardian and the BBC covered it, albeit a bit late.
Negative12DollarBill@dimillian
Who are you following though?
You don't need a new instance to see recent news, you simply need to follow the right sources and hashtags, surely?
Who are you following though?
You don't need a new instance to see recent news, you simply need to follow the right sources and hashtags, surely?
@dimillian
Also … you know there's a Baltimore bridge incident … search for 'baltimore'?
Also … you know there's a Baltimore bridge incident … search for 'baltimore'?
@negative12dollarbill If I opened Mastodon first I would have probably not heard about it.
@dimillian
OK so who are you following? Any major news sources like The Guardian for instance?
OK so who are you following? Any major news sources like The Guardian for instance?
@negative12dollarbill I can follow as much news source I want, I follow also a ton of other people, so there is a high chance that if I don't open my timeline at the right time, I'll miss it.
@dimillian
So how would creating a news-focused instance help with that?
Also it's a HUGE story with amazing visuals, this story is not going to go away, we'll be talking about it for a week.
Are you concerned mostly about the timeliness?
skry@dimillian I saw @mekkaokereke post first, then The Guardian.
It’s still not on https://feditrends.com/ or my feedseer https://news.feedseer.com/