Matthew Bennett

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Journalist. Spain. Independent. Photos. Stories.
Substackhttps://thespainreport.substack.com/

#Substack #Notes is live. They have put a notes tab on each writer's profile, so you just go to one place for (longer) articles and (short, #Twitter like notes).

Retweets are "restacks" and there's a one-click "subscribe" button next to writers' names.

If the conversation is intelligent and open minded and polite (like Twitter used to be), and it generates energy and subscriptions, Notes could go a long way. #Mastodon #Musk

Now live: Substack Notes
https://substack.com/notes/post/p-113974653

Now live: Substack Notes

A new way to discover and discuss great writing on Substack

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Vox motion of no confidence: Day 1
The 89-year old candidate for PM managed not to fall asleep in his seat. Pay more attention to the evolution of Deputy PM Yolanda Díaz (Sumar, communist).

https://thespainreport.substack.com/p/vox-motion-of-no-confidence-day-1

Vox motion of no confidence: Day 1

The 89-year old candidate for PM managed not to fall asleep in his seat. Pay more attention to the evolution of Deputy PM Yolanda Díaz (Sumar, communist).

The Spain Report
Have only posted a few random tweets since Christmas. A bit more today because there's a motion of no confidence in the government going on in Spain. Just loads of negative energy, anger, insults and contempt still on Twitter, even after those two or three months of almost no activity. Who needs that? What's the point? Very unhealthy for everybody. That model is dead, doesn't feel like an attractive place to be like that anymore. People are moving on: Substack, Mastodon, Nostr, wherever.

⚡ Mirror is doing a thing where you can set the article itself to be what they call a "collectible" NFT that so many readers can collect for a price, variables you can set.

This would be another crypto income flow that might allow you to pay for real life and build your creative project as you go along.

Substack-email-fiat-subsriptions
Bitcoin-lightning-money-activism ETH-optimism-art-NFTs.

All interesting stuff, all attempts at better new versions of the content-value loop for everyone.

"Twitter insiders have told the BBC that the company is no longer able to protect users from trolling, state-co-ordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation, following lay-offs and changes under owner Elon Musk."

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64804007

Twitter insiders: We can't protect users from trolling under Musk

Current and former employees of the company say there are serious ramifications from mass lay-offs.

BBC News

Dude on Nostr, @pablof7z, just invented posts by "zaps" (Bitcoin, ⚡lightning, readers > creators). Not "likes" but actual tiny bits of real value. Another dude on Nostr, @jb55, has made that really easy top do in his app @damusapp, just two or three clicks, less than 10 seconds. Musk should worry, a lot. #Twitter #Musk #Nostr #bitcoin #value #content #flow

https://zaplife.lol
https://damus.io/

Musk is still being #Musk. He hasn't changed his attitude since he took over in #Twitter in October. It is a giant waste of an opportunity.

#Nostr is the way:
npub1075jp98z9ylsjlrulmefx0kn0gt8qckz2nz5p2n7cfhgqxwwcunqqe5mxs

https://iris.to/npub1075jp98z9ylsjlrulmefx0kn0gt8qckz2nz5p2n7cfhgqxwwcunqqe5mxs

Iris – The nostr client for better social networks

Iris nostr client is the social networking app that is accessible and secure, giving you complete control over your data and profile.

Musk can't even decide what he thinks of text SMS 2FA: is it so terrible so they are switching it off or so valuable that it's only going to be available to Twitter Blue subscribers?
In March, next month. We are still in February of course.
WTF is this..? #Musk has ordered 2FA text messages only for #Twitter Blue subscribers. Has given people until tomorrow to fix it.