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The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied. (www.joanwestenberg.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The journalist does the leg work to produce novel news.

Just to add that in addition to novelty, journalists provide valuable services, like

holding up a mirror to the present culture
documenting and disseminating happenings
packaging up events into narratives

Not to say that you weren't including these in "novel news," but just to make it explicit.

[–] sbv 1 points 2 days ago

Absolutely - I wanted to list interactions between regular users and someone who makes money with a platform.

After a bunch of Twitter users (including journalists) bounced off Mastodon when Elon bought it, the fediverse needs to understand why, and think about what it means to be a viable platform.