mastodonmigration, (edited )
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"Live posting" coverage on Mastodon!!!

Do you look back with some nostalgia on live coverage of breaking stories like courtroom trials or political hearings on Twitter? These threads were very popular, providing a forum for real time community engagement.

Well, as demonstrated by Laffy's @GottaLaff live posting today (https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/111019296871564013) of the Georgia severance motions for Chesebro and Powell, Mastodon now has the best live coverage of this type of breaking news anywhere.

Judeet98,

@mastodonmigration Indeed, her sterling efforts have given everyone truly up to date actual reporting. However, there are many many issues around the world that aren't covered or not covered as well and other types of breaking news rarely seem to occur here.

mastodonmigration,
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@Judeet98 Yeah, but it is getting better all the time.

Take accounts like @Nonilex, @brooklynmarie, @timkmak, @w7voa, @pbump, @NinaBernstein1, and of course @Teri_Kanefield and a host of other great news and analysis accounts. Plus aggregators like @uspolitics and @icymi_law.

Mastodon is becoming a viable source for all sorts of news and has the advantage that you don't have to wade through the sludge of hate, nonsense and ads in your feed to get it.

Judeet98,

@mastodonmigration I'm pretty sure they're all American...during the terrible earthquakes earlier this year in Turkey and Syria I'm afraid I had to go elsewhere to get up to date info, ditto these days for the fires and floods in Greece, Bulgaria etc. It does appear here eventually but. There is of course BBC's new range of masto sites and sometimes yes they 'break' news.

Colarusso,
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@mastodonmigration FWIW, folks looking to scratch that news fix might enjoy a new project I’ve been working on @SuffolkLITLab. It’s not Mastodon, but very much in the spirit of the open web. It’s a client-side open source personal algo-driven RSS reader. You build your feed and all your votes stay on your device. Anywho, you can find it here: https://myrssalgo.org

ClassyT,
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@mastodonmigration @GottaLaff I ENJOYED THIS VERY MUCH TODAY. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾TO @GottaLaff!!!’

GottaLaff,
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AndrewR1234,
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@mastodonmigration @GottaLaff Laffy is a treasure!

GottaLaff,
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@AndrewR1234 Many thanks!

carina033,
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@mastodonmigration appreciate this

MiriShuli,
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@mastodonmigration @GottaLaff Laffy is a national treasure! Everyone should support her work. Everyone.

GottaLaff,
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@MiriShuli Many thanks, but I don't get paid. Support by sweet words like yours? I'll take it! @mastodonmigration

MiriShuli,
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@GottaLaff @mastodonmigration LAFFY! Set up a “buy me a coffee” thing or something. I’m serious. You provide us and our nation so very much with your live reporting. The least we can do is make sure you are caffeinated. 💕

GottaLaff,
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@MiriShuli Lol, no thanks. I don't need anything. I do live for the positive reinforcement though. It keeps me going. @mastodonmigration

makkhorn,

@mastodonmigration @GottaLaff it’s true! ❤️

GottaLaff,
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richardgrant,

@mastodonmigration @GottaLaff For me, mastodon’s coming-of-age moment arrived during the Prigozhin mutiny a couple of months ago. I can’t compare to the X place because I never go back there — but the live coverage here was incomparably better than at Bluesky, despite the presence of notable journalists there.

I think we may have work still to do in making stuff like this more discoverable. Hashtags are great but they become less useful as the number of posters burgeons.

GottaLaff,
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bartvdpoel,
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@mastodonmigration @GottaLaff Yesterday she also did some interesting live reporting of the 22 year sentence for Proud Boy **Enrique Tarrio. **

mastodonmigration,
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@bartvdpoel @GottaLaff Absolutely great reporting! And the comments from community members were terrific. Brought back memories of the best of the "live blogging" days on DailyKos in the 2000's. Smart commentary without the trolls. Just fantastic. Thank you Laffy @GottaLaff!!!

GottaLaff,
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