Is 2023 the year when mainstream journalists take #Mastodon seriously as an alternative to Twitter?
I still come across journalists at popular tech publications who mock Mastodon as a platform worth using, and prefer to stick with the moral hazard that Twitter has become.
@paul I hope not. I don't want journalists here doing their self-promotion and pot-stirring.
@brass75 I want to at least have the option to follow the journalists I respect in the #Fediverse. Just because journalists use services like #Mastodon doesn't mean you have to follow them.
Remember, there's no algorithm shoving unwanted posts and users into your feed.
Besides, there are many really good, diligent journalists who do good work.
FWIW, I'd say @brass75 's contribution here helps make this a time when I'd avoid talking about #Mastodon instead of #Fediverse
Journalists contributing to this platform have so much more ability than they had through #Twitter largely because #ActivityPub can do so much more, if only they don't restrain themselves down to only using Mastodon.
This is one huge sellingpoint to get them moving over, so it's worth emphasizing.
With ActivityPub a journalist can integrate Fediverse directly into their content publishing systems to engage with readers in all sorts of new ways.
@brass75 I'm sure different journalists have different motivations, but if nothing else, many will be pressed to engage by publishers who consider the engagement to be part of their business.
And heck, even those journalists with motivations that we might not be so excited about might enjoy more powerful ways of trolling enabled by #ActivityPub
My point is that ActivityPub offers everything Twitter did and more, so when @paul wants to see more come over, this is a sellingpoint that should be highlighted.
