@oblomov That's NOT what I said. My point was mostly about journalists. I very foolishly picked an AI one (my bad) but I never EVER meant for my argument to be "LET THE SLOP ROLL!"

I was trying to make a more general point (clearly poorly) that instead of using federation to, you know, block and deferate, which is really the true spirit of federation, some people feel like using pitchforks and bonfires.

@oblomov @scottjenson
I think this is the main misunderstanding I see with journalists and similar on Mastodon.

This really is not a write-only space. Your posts only spread if people see them and choose to share them. And that will mostly happen if you actually interact with people - not just in replies to your posts, but by following, reading and sharing other people. By being an actual user.

A multi-social media post dump will not be visible enough to create traction here, by design.

@oblomov @scottjenson
The mistake probably stems from the belief that anything vaguely shaped like Twitter must also work vaguely like Twitter.

You wouldn't make the same mistake with, say, reddit, and try to dump link posts to your latest piece into subreddits. Reddit has a different shape; it's obvious it doesn't work.

Mastodon was never designed as a Twitter replacement. It was designed for people who *dislike* Twitter and wanted something else. Treating it like Twitter will not work.

@Veza85UE @oblomov @scottjenson

Don't be too hard on journalists. They're in the same boat as artists, musicians and so on - much as they do enjoy connecting with people, they also need to get paid. And self-promotion is a necessary, important part of that.

The question is - and you can make it about indie artists if you prefer - how they can do that here with the dynamics of Mastodon, without breaking social expectations.