Post #2500948
2026-05-13 14:43 UTC
"I never expected to find my news from strangers on a federated social network that half the internet has never heard of. But there's something quietly beautiful about a place where people just share what they know. No brand deals, no engagement metrics, just someone who spent 20 years studying Arctic policy posting a thread at 2 AM because they think you should understand what's happening. It's the internet I was promised in 1996."
https://matduggan.com/boy-i-was-wrong-about-the-fediverse/
#Fediverse #Journalism #Internet
Replies (2)
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@cy@fedicy.us.to 2026-05-13 15:59
Long as you can avoid all the newsbots, and avoid all the people who don't avoid the newsbots and are constantly screaming about this terribly important thing that we can't do anything about.
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@cy@fedicy.us.to 2026-05-13 16:15
It only took thirty years and the complete collapse of American journalism to get here. It only took thirty years and the complete collapse of American journalism to get me here.