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GBH News is your home for news, distinctive storytelling, and what matters to you in Boston and beyond. #Boston, #Massachusetts, #USA

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what do you all think about the state of news visibility here on mastodon?

https://mastodon.social/@MediaOnMastodon@toot.io/112316173190323025

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@nlowell Yeah I hear that. I assume "linking elsewhere" to a story on a news website is ok. You mean linking to other social platforms?

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@wifsten It is gradual, and in a way, I think that's behind the relatively slow uptick in news orgs. over here. It really is a perception/real numbers thing.

If I had to justify being here strictly on the numbers, I probably wouldn't be here. I don't, so...here I am 😁

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@bretcarmichael The Threads thing is real. We're there because of the raw numbers, but I'm reluctant to invest a lot of time or effort there.

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@bretcarmichael (we also consider social to be a "top of funnel" phenomenon and don't consider clicks to be the only/primary way to measure what we are doing. Most social platforms want to keep the users on that platform, not to leave to an external website).

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@jsit well except when I have a sick day lol

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@nlowell Almost all (centralized, algorithmic) social platforms have become "on platform" experiences because the companies that own them want users to stay on the platform and not depart for another website.

Expectations on non-algorithmic platforms like this one...users are here and want to stay here.

Combined, it makes it hard to justify investing. (Not impossible but hard).

I hear you about the paywall thing; Medium links irk me. We are public media and so no paywall/no registration.

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@PandaChronicle OMG I hate that too. I use a lot of reader software (in part because of a visual impairment I have). We are public media, so we don't have 85 popups etc.

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@PandaChronicle that's not us 😁 that's that college radio station down the block (WBUR). But you're right, the Tappet Brothers were a national treasure.

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@kevin Same. Decided early on to make this a "hand done" account. Didn't see the point in just syndicating an RSS feed over here.

Call this the social media manager's self-care account lol 😁

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@PandaChronicle It's okay! I do want to point out that we won the softball championship and had to physically go over there and reclaim the trophy 😂. (GBH and WBUR have an annual softball game).

gbhnews, (edited ) to fediverse
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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 47F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a sweeping ban on noncompete agreements that keep workers from taking the job of their choice.

Protests against the war in Gaza are happening at a number of US universities, including several in Boston.

in 1916, the Easter Rising started in in Ireland, a step toward an Ireland independent of British rule.

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📚 also also

what are you reading?

gbhnews, (edited )
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yr humble servant picked up this banger from a local book purveyor yesterday

it is the autobiography of Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She led a remarkable life and her dry, direct wit is a pleasure to read.

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this is also my answer to today's poll

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@waynedixon Love audiobooks. Do you like the narration on this one?

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@pabloniusmonk love Salem's Lot

gbhnews, (edited ) to fediverse
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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 45F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

The harbormaster in Gloucester, MA, is alleging corruption in that city after being forced out of his job (link in replies).

Israel launched missile strikes into Iran, military official says.

Bitcoin is going to "halve" soon, slashing production of the cryptocurrency in half.

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🐟 Something fishy? Read on and judge for yourself: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-04-18/scandal-hits-gloucester-waterfront-ahead-of-busy-summer-season

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 45F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

The FBI arrested an Oklahoma man for throwing a pipe bomb at the Satanic Temple in Salem, MA.

More than a dozen members of the Kennedy family will endorse president Biden, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also runs.

A "transformative" agreement will help thousands in Mass. leave nursing homes and live independently.

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about that story: https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-04-17/transformative-agreement-will-help-thousands-of-people-leave-mass-nursing-homes

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@jadugar63 gbh news
home of hard news
and hard questions

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@FramDist2 @pkrowiak 😁

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 45F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

We did a poll and Mass. residents told us they supported making teacher strikes legal.

In a speech to steelworkers, Pres. Biden called for tripling tariffs on Chinese steel.

in 2002, General Hospital aired its 10,000th episode.

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’s NPR station is launching a weekly disability segment:
https://www.wbfo.org/local/2024-02-07/the-disabilities-beat-a-new-chance-to-hear-the-disability-community

Wednesdays during Morning Edition (5am) and All Things Considered (4pm).

Human-made transcripts (yay!) and overlay on the site (boo!). Mixed messages!

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@alexisbushnell @aardrian and yes for anyone reading we are a local NPR/PBS affiliate in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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