Journalists want to re-create Twitter on Mastodon. Mastodon is not into it.
www.cjr.org

Ever since Elon Musk completed his $45 billion takeover of Twitter last month, there has been a steady stream of users, including a number of journalists, signing up for Mastodon, an open-source alternative. No one controls Mastodon—or rather, everyone controls their own version of it. There are thousands of servers running the software, and each […]

How's it feel understanding just how despised you professional liars are? At last, we can talk back to them and let them know just how much damage they're doing.

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Sure, but the point is to manufacture consent, which works by making you think people are coming to their opinions organically. That requires the illusion of multiple, non-affiliated sources; otherwise it's just open propaganda.