Post #1943616
2022-11-07 00:35 UTC
Replies (40)
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@chris@theguidrys.us 2022-11-07 00:42
@Sheril@mastodon.social There's something intensely gratifying in your (aspirational) use of the past tense here.
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@gert@social.coop 2022-11-07 01:02
@Sheril@mastodon.social Twitter was a completely new outlet for broadcasters in the wake of radio and television. For a while, it excelled at that.
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@MaryDrama@mas.to 2022-11-07 01:16
@Sheril@mastodon.social I sure hope so! You are absolutely correct! I’m guilty as well as being distracted by the sound bites! It’s tough to ignore large conglomerates with money and money. Focusing is difficult with bad actors around. I’m so glad there are good people to right the ship.
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@klugesan@mastodon.scot 2022-11-07 01:22
@Sheril@mastodon.social it’s so freshing to be read a substantive, ad and troll free feed. It’s a bit like reading an actual newspaper or good book by a Sunday morning fire after enjoying freshly brewed coffee and homemade pancakes. Or like discovering the sound of birds in quiet village after years of horns and screaming in the city.
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@Saltybananie@mastodon.social 2022-11-07 01:37
@Sheril@mastodon.social I couldn't love this Toot more.
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@debrastorr@mastodon.scot 2022-11-07 06:17
@Sheril@mastodon.social what do you think of the instances being set up specifically for journalists? E.g. https://mstdn.media/@guardian/109300971888865265
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@VickiKyriakakis@writing.exchange 2022-11-07 06:57
@Sheril@mastodon.social @renissance1@toot.community This exactly. Excited to discover how we can do it differently. This feels like a moment of potential finally being realised. 👏🏾
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@Misterbi@muenchen.social 2022-11-07 07:28
@Sheril@mastodon.social Ich bin mir sicher das es hier auch dazu kommen wird. Es wird noch einige Zeit dauern aber in die Richtung wird es gehen. Wir unterhalten uns über die, von uns geglaubten wichtigen Ereignisse, auf einer Ebene die zulässt das jeder daran teilhaben kann, aber lösen wir damit Probleme oder entzerren wir Ängste der Menschen? Retten wir die Welt oder verhindern wir den Zustand des Klimas um es für menschliches Leben zu erhalten? Das soll es doch, die Probleme ansprechen um sie zu lösen.
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@romeovive@toot.community 2022-11-07 08:23
@Sheril@mastodon.social agree… mostly. Mastodon has a good technical-human architecture to allow for a better information. But it is also a human system and it is subject to all human “vices”. This means: corruption, manipulation, lies, marketing, ecc. Am optimistic about mastodon. Not so much about humanity.
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@mrgareth@ravenation.club 2022-11-07 08:49
@Sheril@mastodon.social agree, though it’s not just Twitter tbf, but that was certainly the saddest instance of this algorithm tyranny. Seeing your feed entirely dictated by the outcomes of your last click, and watching extremists get rewarded for dog-whistling, was depressing. So many of our political problems today are driven by the fact that moderate, sensible views simply aren’t interesting to AI. Don’t understand yet how this place works, but a de-centralised model is refreshing! 🙂
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@beebrookshire@mastodon.online 2022-11-07 13:11
@Sheril@mastodon.social Maybe it's just that I haven't figured out #Mastodon yet but I do worry that this instance model could silo people off. You can barely find anyone, and each server has its own standards, so misinfo could thrive on one and be invisible on another.
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@beebrookshire@mastodon.online 2022-11-07 13:12
@Sheril@mastodon.social But I do agree, I think Twitter has been powerful because...the media was there, we were all there paying attention to it and reporting breathlessly. So many people never even used it at all!
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@fuzheado@wikis.world 2022-11-07 13:25
@Sheril@mastodon.social Well stated. This is the social media "colon cleanse" that has been needed for a while. #twitter #mastodon #twittermigration
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@JHadley@masto.ai 2022-11-07 13:46
@Sheril@mastodon.social Absolutely spot on. Couldn't agree more.
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@greenorchids@mastodon.social 2022-11-07 13:53
@Sheril@mastodon.social i’m so tired of seeing stories about posts or trends on social media. If I want to know what’s going on on social media, I sign on…
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@Deglassco@mastodon.social 2022-11-07 14:27
@Sheril@mastodon.social I hope so. But, after 28 years on the Internet, and having heard all of grandiose proclamations from emerging platforms in years past, I am pretty cynical about the prospects of democratic engagement on social media.
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@jentaub@mstdn.social 2022-11-07 15:06
@Sheril@mastodon.social I am incredibly hopeful for this space
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@aswin@technodon.social 2022-11-07 15:09
@Sheril@mastodon.social You can't really have "Power to the people" if you're making decisions to increase revenue, impact content moderation, change data & AI ethics (to place more ads) as a company
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@robertwgehl@scholar.social 2022-11-07 15:12
@Sheril@mastodon.social If any journalists want to talk about the fediverse, I've been studying it for a long time now. I also have recommendations on how journalists might engage with it in ethical ways.
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@wfdobie@mastodon.social 2022-11-07 15:19
@Sheril@mastodon.social Mastodon has reminded me just how much genuine #substance and intellect there is in the world. Having my #echochamber broken and not portable has been a liberating moment.
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@Misshavisham@mastodon.social 2022-11-07 15:20
@Sheril@mastodon.social THIS.
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@Deanbetz@mastodon.social 2022-11-07 15:20
@Sheril@mastodon.social Hear, hear.
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@XanIndigo@writing.exchange 2022-11-07 15:28
@Sheril@mastodon.social I’ve often thought how dissonant it is that most things written about “the algorithm” involve how to beat it. And no one stopped to think, maybe this means it’s bad and doesn’t actually serve users.
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@BigAngBlack@fosstodon.org 2022-11-07 15:56
@Sheril@mastodon.social Some just won't let go @jentaub@mstdn.social
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@notthatkaren@mstdn.social 2022-11-07 16:51
@Sheril@mastodon.social I was thinking about this as I finished filling out my ballot (had close to 60 different races and measures to vote on). I was looking at who all endorsed each candidate and I found I gave no weight to who the 2 biggest papers in our state endorsed- because they were part of the problem and both had gone off the rails on facts/research vs clickbait and creating false narratives. I hope we can find a way back to our press being the fourth estate it is supposed to be.
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@ewanspence@mastodon.scot 2022-11-07 17:20
@Sheril@mastodon.social I'd love to see publications run their own Mastodon instances as a tool to help generate trust. Eg mastodon.trustednewspaper.com, with only staffers members of the instance, but naturally we could all read.
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@jacmoe@writing.exchange 2022-11-07 17:34
@Sheril@mastodon.social I hope to see journalists universally adopt the use of #ContentWarning tags to give people a way to opt out. CW tags increase reach, and they make fetchy headlines. Win-win for all.
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@leslore@mastodon.social 2022-11-07 18:19
@Sheril@mastodon.social I am not sure what the landscape is like where you are but in Canada if one is willing to pay a few small subs it goes along way to supporting in-depth trustworthy indie sites: https://thenarwhal.ca/ https://thetyee.ca/ https://ricochet.media/en https://www.capitaldaily.ca/ https://www.aptnnews.ca/ https://www.vancouverite.com/ Not all perfect I'm sure but better than Murdoch's monopoly...
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@ecmclaughlin@mstdn.social 2022-11-07 18:22
@Sheril@mastodon.social Wholeheartedly agree.
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@SSSGregory@mstdn.social 2022-11-07 18:29
@Sheril@mastodon.social agree
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@elfbiter@mastodontti.fi 2022-11-07 18:35
@Sheril@mastodon.social It seems that today too many journalists are all too lazy to do anything else but check social media and made "scoops" out of that. That their editors-in-chief let them do that means that they do not care as long as their perceived readerships gets "relatable" stuff to read.
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@DSWadeLPC@mstdn.social 2022-11-07 18:41
@Sheril@mastodon.social
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@vinki@seocommunity.social 2022-11-07 18:42
@Sheril@mastodon.social I believe it's not just Twitter, people generally because dependant on social media as their sources of info and those nasty algos just let marketers wreak havoc on our societies with obvious lies unpunished etc. A dad world to fix.
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@GW@toot.community 2022-11-07 18:44
@Sheril@mastodon.social Having a choice feels so good! Checking in on T and the difference is astronomical. It’s all hate and vitriol with some pet pics in between. @Mastodon, nice job. Hopefully we can keep it tht way!❤️
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@svelmoe@hachyderm.io 2022-11-07 18:58
@Sheril@mastodon.social I'm hopeful for your optimism, but the pessimist in me suspects the hole is dug too deep already and the hold of the ignorant/misleading is too strong.
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@FerreiraCEM@toot.community 2022-11-07 19:04
@Sheril@mastodon.social Very true! Some of it probably involves better designs and incentives for the people creating and maintaining Mastodon. And they have a huge task ahead! But it’s also up to us, users, to be conscious of not chasing the dopamine rush all the time. Perhaps we will be better off when we learn to live with slower social media.
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@werner58@qoto.org 2022-11-07 19:40
@Sheril@mastodon.social I like the spirit, but... if most journalists and most politicians ended up here, what would stop a repeat of the same story? The social network most suited to those who have short messages to announce to the world will attract the two above-mentioned categories, and when they are all there, they'll get in fights with each other...
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@joshkornbluth@sunny.garden 2022-11-07 19:57
@Sheril@mastodon.social Me, too.
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@bobmcmillan@infosec.exchange 2022-11-07 20:03
@Sheril@mastodon.social New to Mastodon here, but it feels like there are lots of ways it could be corrupted and abused. I'm wondering.. what are the features that separate it from Twitter and, in particular, make you hopeful?
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@RevealingLight@mstdn.social 2022-11-07 20:59
@Sheril@mastodon.social this had to be said and, yes, breaking that mindset control up will allow more individual thought. It’s ironic isn’t it…an early tool of free thought becomes the prison. It’s current owner the warden. #musktwitter #freespeechmatters