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But why haven't they posted on Mastodon in two years https://mstdn.social/@TheGuardian https://mstdn.social/@TheGuardian

• EarlKing 2y ago
  Because Mastodon and the entire Fediverse is infested with the most rabid sort of users that even Twitter couldn't stomach and has turned a blind eye to this fact? I mean, there's a reason why they keep getting brought up over and over and people continually nope out of signing up over there. They've got a demographic problem, they refuse to acknowledge it, and it's killing growth. Why would any media outlet want to participate knowing that?
  • ChocolateGod 2y ago
    Half of Mastodon seems to be an obsession with what's in your trousers or what you prefer to sleep with.
    • riffraff 2y ago
      Mastodon does not have an automated feed like Twitter does, so what you see in your feed is people you follow and their boosts. Just don't follow people who are interested in your sex life.
      • kps 2y ago
        Personally, I don't want to follow people, I want to follow subjects. I want to read Jay Expert's posts on their speciality without their posts on politics and breakfast. Maybe Bluesky feeds will make that possible (in which case Bluesky kills Reddit).
        • ChocolateGod 2y ago
          Agreed. Politics on micro logging sites is terrible.
        • timbit42 2y ago
          That's why I follow hashtags instead of people on Mastodon. It gives me a very high signal to noise ratio.
      • EarlKing 2y ago
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        • archagon 2y ago
          Most of the degeneracy I see is on Twitter, not Mastodon.
          • tempaccount420 2y ago
            Different strokes for different folx.
          • ChocolateGod 2y ago
            They're both terrible echo chambers, one created by Musk and the other created by random instance admins.
    • dole 2y ago
      I'm the other half, I use mastodon for my vanilla news and X for my trouser and sleep news.
  • talldayo 2y ago
    > Why would any media outlet want to participate knowing that? Presumably for the same reason they find the optics of X acceptable but what do I know.
    • EarlKing 2y ago
      Pretty sure there's a massive difference in both the breadth and scope of the demographics of X and Mastodon/the Fediverse.
      • talldayo 2y ago
        Are the Nazis more or less courteous on X? I'm not sure which distinction you're trying to make here.
        • EarlKing 2y ago
          If you think everyone on X is a "nazi" then clearly you've got problems. Twitter appeals to a massive audience, whereas alternatives do not. Media outlets will go where the eyeballs are... and that's not to Bluesky, to Mastodon, to the Fediverse... but to Twitter... which is populated by people, not nazis.
  • dom96 2y ago
    > most rabid sort of users Rabid in what way?
    • thaw24612107 2y ago
      [flagged]
• sigmar 2y ago
  that doesn't look official and doesn't have a verified url. some random person just put up a bot