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Chris Trottier @atomicpoet has an interesting thread today on why #journalism has a hard time getting traction in the #Fediverse and what might be done about it. >>> https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/110095754332116393
"Institutional journalism is threatened by the Fediverse... there’s no easy avenue to monetize an audience here, nor is there analytics to “prove” the value of work."
"If we want great journalism on the Fediverse, we’re going to have to build this ourselves."
@mastodonmigration @atomicpoet where do you put Post in this discussion?
@cajun_cheechako @mastodonmigration Post is supposed to be joining the Fediverse. We’ll see about that.
@atomicpoet @mastodonmigration we'll, that could be good since they seem to have already set up a model to compensate posters - I suppose there is no sense in reinventing the wheel.
And they could really benefit since their base is small right now compared to the Fediverse.
@mastodonmigration @atomicpoet sorry, that wasn't clear - what I see on Post., where there appears to be a lot of journalists, is something like micro-payments - "read this for X points" and a way to purchase points. I have no idea how this translates into compensation for the reporters, journalists, or publishers, but it looks interesting.