Today we're launching a new #Mastodon feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their their articles are being shared.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/
@Mastodon That... seems like a weird priority.
@LouisIngenthron @Mastodon What's weird about it?
@gamingonlinux @Mastodon Mastodon is getting the crap beaten out of it by Threads and BluSky because they have basic features that we're missing, like onboarding and quote posts.
Helping journalists (most of whom aren't even on this platform) get credit for articles where they can already put their mastodon handle at the bottom seems to me to be a strange allocation of resources.
@gamingonlinux @LouisIngenthron @Mastodon
"They" don't let me use Linux anymore.
They broke about five laptops of mine just because I had Linux installed on them.
Thank you 💞😊
@LouisIngenthron @Mastodon Well, it's not a race, and Threads is connecting up with the Fediverse so they will work together anyway.
As for the feature, it's actually incredibly useful and makes it even easier to find people to follow. There's no downside to it, and it's just useful to have. I don't see the problem with it.