Dan Fixes Coin-Opsfedi 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
news is the stuff that you go and get from the news hole when it's news time, the stuff that comes to you when you're in the middle of doing something unrelated isn't news, that's something else
Me tuning the radio at News Time, 🦝 Ahh yes, news time
Me visiting the news website when I want to know the news, 🦝 hmm, the daily news
Me when a random news article appears uncw'd from outta fucking nowhere in a social media app???? 🦝 oh I see, it's like an ad, but for anxiety
christ at least on facebook someone got paid to put that shit in front of me, for a while there some folk on fedi were doing it for free
very normal person@ifixcoinops if they're a reputable news site they still have an RSS feed
as someone who does a lot of news commentary / reaction posting i'm kindof a hypocrit here as i block other accounts who do this because I hate pundits
as someone who does a lot of news commentary / reaction posting i'm kindof a hypocrit here as i block other accounts who do this because I hate pundits
Visibly Stupid Fucking Idiot@ifixcoinops it's like an ad but for anxiety OH MY GOD THIS IS SO WELL PUT
Maddie@RoseThorndyke @ifixcoinops
Dang, I can see this, it's such a good analogy.
I post/boost news with 'Everyone' visibility when I feel like there's something actionable to it, and I post art and other personal things as 'Followers', because I want to prevent webscrapers & bots. And I feel discouraged from posting cool stuff at all _because_ of the nonstop pol. So I end up appearing annoying, and yet I really feel invisible. I'll have to think about it...
Shark Attak@ifixcoinops
So I get you haven't reached the fourth stage "Here's what looks like an alarming news, but in reality it's an ad" yet, lucky you...
Yes YT I'm ALSO talking about you.
So I get you haven't reached the fourth stage "Here's what looks like an alarming news, but in reality it's an ad" yet, lucky you...
Yes YT I'm ALSO talking about you.