fedi meta about how come we don't journalists, how come we don't news etc, well the way I remember it they did? November 2022, the newsposters arrived in their thousands, they all got on one server, I blocked it because news websites exist and that was that but I kinda figured it was still a server
always figured that getting news from social media was like getting sandwiches from the pub next to the sandwich shop but it's not really, it's more like someone in the pub randomly throwing a sandwich at you every few minutes whether you want it or not and these sandwiches aren't even from the pub OR the sandwich shop right next door, they're just random dudes chucking damp sandwiches at you going hey mate, try this, it's fucking awful

@ifixcoinops Ah, see I remember it more like:

  • Admin sets up an instance for reporters.
  • Admin immediately makes it a Nazi bar by not moderating far-right outlets.
  • Instance is widely blocked.
  • Literally all of the reporters circle the wagons crying "but where else are we supposed to go‽ 😭"
  • Newsfolk are so used to the idea of staying in a Nazi bar for visibility they can't even fathom just... going literally anywhere else. With a few clicks. Just what an astonishing lack of imagination.

    @bluestarultor I do recall some arsehole turning up out of nowhere swinging his dick around and telling the folk who'd been here for years that they were doing it wrong, aye