Asteris Masouras

@asteris
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Freelance journo/global newsfilter; Global Voices Civic Media Observatory senior editor & comms editor, ex-reported.ly; human rights, film/games/scifi geek. Social justice/stay human. Same handle on X, Bsky, UpScrolled.
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Nah, mate, Twitter ain't dead, it's just resting...
If I'm being honest, this is exactly what it feels like to be on Mastodon right now.
(If you know what this is, I like you already.)
I appreciate everyone following me here, and I apologize if I haven't done the civilized thing and followed back yet. I expect I will in most cases, over time and as I get the feel of the place, but for now, I'm just trying to keep my head above water in linking with my Twitter mutuals, helping folks to lifeboats if I can, and to keep on tweeting until I can't anymore.
I understand that search on Mastodon was intentionally architected to de-globalize and de-escalate toxicity amplification (https://midrange.tedium.co/issues/how-mastodon-search-works/), but I don't think it'll work for news.
How Mastodon Search Works: Why Can You Only Use Hashtags?

Explaining the cultural dynamics that have led Mastodon to have a search engine that barely works by traditional standards.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.
#Metatext is snazzier than the main iOS app, but nigh on unusable until they fix this persistent glitch it throws up to half the times I try to open it.