Everyone seems to agree that getting your news from social networks is a bad idea.
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We have a great opportunity to make the social news experience much better on the Fediverse.
@evan Interesting thoughts but the bottom line is that independent journalism is a very costly endeavour (and you know have to fear that the US president will sue you for $10 billion). Giving out articles for free necessitates other streams of income which can be even more problematic (selling user data to the highest bidder, for example). The desirable wider sharing of content only becomes possible when more people are prepared to pay more for journalism’s role.
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@evan Interesting thoughts but the bottom line is that independent journalism is a very costly endeavour (and you know have to fear that the US president will sue you for $10 billion). Giving out articles for free necessitates other streams of income which can be even more problematic (selling user data to the highest bidder, for example). The desirable wider sharing of content only becomes possible when more people are prepared to pay more for journalism’s role.
@christianschwaegerl I didn't ask anyone to do anything for free. You should read it again.
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Very few commentators note how abominable the user experience for news is on social networking software.
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@christianschwaegerl I didn't ask anyone to do anything for free. You should read it again.
@evan But I’m confronted with that expectation a lot here. And while I think integrating micro-payments in social media could be beneficial for creators of all walks, resistance will be massive.
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@evan But I’m confronted with that expectation a lot here. And while I think integrating micro-payments in social media could be beneficial for creators of all walks, resistance will be massive.
1) That's not me. Go argue with those people directly.
2) One great part of the Fediverse is that you don't have to use anything you don't want to. Anyone who doesn't want to use subscriptions or ads or donations or whatever doesn't have to.
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I know that I'm a techno-utopian, but I believe that having more voices in the conversation is a net good, not a net evil.
Anyways, I think there is work to be done on making social network interfaces more conducive to good news reading. It's probably a reasonable research project for the Social Web Foundation and others.
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I think that public broadcasters can lead the way on this. If they don't rely on ads on their sites, they can include their full content in social networking posts -- not just a link.
@evan I like your analysis, but the social media UI I'm using is not adequate to read full articles (even short ones are painful). So not only the publishers need to provide the full article to the social media UI, that UI additionally needs to be improved accordingly.
Also, sadly, many public broadcasters rely on ads. -
@evan I like your analysis, but the social media UI I'm using is not adequate to read full articles (even short ones are painful). So not only the publishers need to provide the full article to the social media UI, that UI additionally needs to be improved accordingly.
Also, sadly, many public broadcasters rely on ads.@monnier I agree about improving the UI!
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Likewise. Most of my "follows" on Mastodon are just various news junkies that summarize, link to and comment on breaking stories and broader investigations - with most of these drawing from numerous sources.
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@ratsnakegames is it expensive
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@stefano @me no prompt writing acumen could generate the content or energy you put into your articles and talks. Just keep going and they will come to their senses. ( confession: this advice is completely self-serving as I enjoy your content and would like to see more. )
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@NullTheFool on the upside, JS is not essential to write web pages
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@aeva personally i enjoy bragging about being a member of the MIDI association
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RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@NullTheFool/115795367240993222
Speaking of programming languages:
I installed Zig (don't ask)
I have something planned for new year
I am finally writing my own web page, I feel extremely non-skilled.I'm spending this last week of the year putting my shit in order to start a little less troubled, I'm still a mess, sorry for keep you waiting TwT
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What do you mean Brendan Eich is the creator of JS and CEO of Brave?
I thought it was two different guys this whole time 😔
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Don't threaten me with a good time. A mediocre time would probably dazzle me.
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Well? What's it gonna be?
