Summary
The Guardian announced it will stop posting from its main editorial accounts on X, citing the platform’s “toxic” environment and Elon Musk’s influence in shaping political discourse, particularly around the recent U.S. election.
The British newspaper expressed concerns over increasing far-right content and disinformation on X, which it says Musk has enabled.
Although articles can still be shared by users, The Guardian intends to focus on promoting its journalism through other platforms, noting that X now plays a “diminished role” in its outreach efforts.
Mastodon, get shiny. This foss clunkiness is hamstringing you.
Seems like a great time for some corporate cash to show up with no strings attached in this hyper-driven race for a digital copy of our thoughts
Send them a pull request with your ideas?
Just came to that conclusion now?
Better late than never. Great move.
Barn door, horse, etc.
The Texas Observer and other newspapers have their own Mastodon instance. Even Donald Trump’s Truth Social is its own instance. If you have the news, they will come to you!
BBC did, but it’s seemingly inactive now.
Article about it: https://www.bbc.com/rd/blog/2023-07-mastodon-distributed-decentralised-fediverse-activitypub
Same
A little late, but yeah, der, obviously.