You continue to pour your work into Musk's business. You are supporting him. You are helping him.
You are doing this despite his demonstrated contempt for you, despite his support for extremists -- and, as of today, his rank anti-semitism (effectively blaming Jews for his vile site's loss of advertising)
I know that you believe you get value from being "where the people are" -- but sometimes principle requires sacrifice.
@dangillmor There are very few journalists left. The group you're referring to is a squirming ball of illiterate rodents, desperate for clicks and views, wholly detached from the ethical revelation of socially relevant information.
@najakwa@dangillmor From my point of view, anyone still on Twitter has failed a series of moral tests, and their opinions and ideas can be ignored. Their decision to remain there defines them as hacks, committed to other endeavors beyond the duties of the Fourth Estate.
Also, I'm pretty sure "sports journalist" is an oxymoron. ;)
@Gustodon@dangillmor Hahaha. As a former journalist myself... Yeah. I got out before the web click counters.
Trump taught me an important lesson, one that NEVER ONCE came up in my pre-Trump media ethics classes: what a narcissist is; the red flags; what keeps other people safe where narcissism is involved...
What are media ethic class debates about these days?
@Hey_Beth It's where we landed. The destruction of objective journalism is one of the costs of social media. For some reason, we were willing to make that trade.
@dangillmor those who stay on that platform to protect their follower counts are similar to how western leaders were happy to placate Putin in order to benefit from his money/cheap energy… ultimately the result will be similar as well.
@dangillmor We need a big carrot to dangle. A service they must have, that is only distributed via fedi accounts (or distribued first). I have several ideas. Waiting for coders to catch up with the other ideas. But soon I want to focus on this concept. Once they start using the fedi in parallel (as we do often), they will realize the future is here, not there.
Journalists, the first step is to admit you have a problem. That addiction to Twitter hits has overwhelmed your principles. Much as an alcoholic or drug addict will turn their back on family and friends, you are in the thrall of something powerful that is distorting your judgement.
There is a way out, but it can not be imposed on you. You need to make the determination. You need to take the first important step. There is no hope if you continue with willful denial.
@db@dangillmor@gulovsen Grant is absolutely right. People don't respond well to being told they are supporting a fascist platform. But that's what they are doing. Particularly in light of the recent anti-semetic dogwhistles. So, what the heck. 🤷
@dangillmor Dan I hope you are posting this elsewhere that you have a megaphone as well. I think journalists may listen to you but the ones who need to hear it are not here.
@franktaber@dangillmor
The ones who need to hear it are on the hate site trying to profit from it in some way.
There will be no mass exodus. It's baked into their livelihoods. But getting people to stop talking about him is a step in the right direction. There's no screenshot of his inane hate speech here - just a plea for people who should know better to be better.
@darthstar It's been frustrating to see since last November, Twitter/EM posts have dominated the Explore feed nearly every single day. And now even I'm talking about him, ugh just can't win. Preaching to the choir for sure.
@scottytrees
It's okay to talk about him but I can't take the obsessive posting of his nonsense in screenshots. It's giving him a wider platform. I put his full name on mute to cut the noise. Will probably add more filters as I need.
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