Frank🦁FNov 13, 2024
Dan Gillmor

One cheer for the @guardian for its decision to quit posting on Twitter.

It would be two cheers if the Guardian told its journalists to stop using -- and thereby supporting -- Musk's toxic business. Nope.

And it would be three cheers if the Guardian stopped embedding Twitter posts in its articles. No such luck there, either.

One out of three is better than zero.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles

The Guardian
Nov 13, 2024 at 12:58pmWeb
Show threadEmmavetchNov 13, 2024
@dangillmor @guardian now if only @cbcnews would also stop embedding tweets - especially the hateful and misogynistic ones. Those voices don’t need your support and amplification.
Show threadiSabremanNov 13, 2024

@dangillmor @guardian I doubt The Guardian will have an official presence in the Fediverse but it would be nice if they bothered to change their settings on Threads as they're stopping the Fediverse from following (They already have 1 million followers on Threads).

https://www.threads.net/@guardian

The Guardian (@guardian) β€’ Threads, Say more

1.4M Followers β€’ 8.9K Threads β€’ 200 years of independent journalism 🌏 Fearlessly holding power to account πŸ” Always factual 🀝 Never dull πŸ’ƒ. See the latest conversations with @guardian.

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Show threadNonya BidnissNov 13, 2024
@dangillmor @guardian Twitter widgets are a real scourge. I use Privacy Badger to block them so all I see is an empty box.
Show threadLord Tom Klopf of CZ Nov 13, 2024
@dangillmor @guardian then there was this disgrace by George Chidi https://youtu.be/ksFbBtaTc0A
Sidam is verbally assaulted by The Guardian

YouTube
Show threadLFpeteNov 13, 2024

@dangillmor

One cheer is definitely better than no cheers right now!

Link in line one goes to page that has no new posts. πŸ€”

Show threadBibliolater πŸ“š πŸ“œ πŸ–‹Nov 13, 2024
@dangillmor @guardian I wonder if they will be moving to Mastodon?
Show threadSanguineParNov 13, 2024

@bibliolater @dangillmor @guardian

They may well be - this account was made on 5 Nov last week: @guardian

No posts yet, but hopefully it's an official account.

Show threadBibliolater πŸ“š πŸ“œ πŸ–‹Nov 13, 2024
@SanguinePar Thank you for the link.
Show threadKelly GuimontNov 13, 2024
@dangillmor maybe once they realized the world didn't end they will work on the other two?
Show threadΛΡυτέρης Ξ€.Nov 13, 2024
@dangillmor it would be great if they also created a mastodon account
Show threadBret MogilefskyNov 13, 2024
@dangillmor @guardian That third cheer looks like it's warranted now!
https://social.coop/@nicol/113476442158805347
Nicol Wistreich (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Impressed that #the_guardian has today not only ceased posting on X, letting go of 27 million collective followers – I just noticed in a live feed where they might once have written 'so and so posted on X' or embedded a Tweet, they wrote 'posted this on social media' then quote the tweet…

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Show threadAecernistNov 13, 2024
@dangillmor @guardian Also, far far too late. Their Neoliberal business model and political stance is fully on show here.
Show threadDon Raved TipsNov 13, 2024
@dangillmor @guardian One step at a time. I think Journalists will be attracted to mastodon if they can get the same interaction. I think the various instances also make it a little trickier, that and it does mean starting all over again.