NolanApr 28, 2017
Tech journalists on Mastodon: "Mastodon Inc only has 50,000 users, but with adequate venture capital funding it may stand a chance"
Show threadNolanApr 28, 2017
More tech journalism on Mastodon: "Mastodon is currently a free service, but soon it will bend to the iron will of Silicon Valley, which is that you either sell out to investors or become irrelevant like Wikipedia."
Show threadNolanApr 28, 2017
Still more tech journalism on Mastodon: "Mastodon cannot survive with such a silly name. It needs a more serious and business-friendly name, such as Google, Yahoo, or Hulu."
Show threadNolanApr 28, 2017
It's almost as if tech journalists do the bare minimum of research before moving on to the next topic. Or that the tech industry has become so focused on chasing giant piles of money that nobody can remember a time when true successes on the internet were achieved by hobbyists working on passion projects with no regard for how much money they might make
Show threadᏒ๐ϲoᴄo Ⅿoԁｅm ᏴaｓіliｓkApr 28, 2017

@nolan
Tech journalism has become business journalism (unfortunately, since tech & business are mostly unrelated).

You can check with currently-working tech journalists on here but I assume some of the shallowness can be attributed to short deadlines. ( @sonya & @klintron can verify or refute)

Show threadSonya Mann ✅Apr 28, 2017
@enkiv2 @nolan @klintron yep, short deadlines. it's a huge problem.
Show threadKlint Finley

@sonya @enkiv2 @nolan qz.com/951078/the-complete-guide-to-using-mastodon-the-twitter-twtr-alternative/

www.networkworld.com/article/3188766/open-source-tools/mastodonthe-free-software-decentralized-twitter-competitor.html

www.dailydot.com/debug/mastodon-open-source-social-media/

www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/mastodon-is-an-open-alternative-to-twitter/article/490546

Apr 30, 2017 at 12:40amWeb