{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":6,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/odd","displayName":"Erwin","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/386750-original-tmp20260406173409.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/386750-96-20260406173409.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/386750-48-20260406173409.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/386750-24-20260406173409.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"386750"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/386750-96-20260406173409.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Jack of all trades, master of none \/ skeptical technologist \/ public administration \/ anti-capitalist \/ social-liberalism","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@odd","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"odd","displayName":"Erwin","note":"Jack of all trades, master of none \/ skeptical technologist \/ public administration \/ anti-capitalist \/ social-liberalism"}},"content":"

@Haste<\/a> I wasn't on Twitter before its downfall, but from what I've heard I got the impression that microblogging was a two-way street with journalists, scientists and 'common' folk.<\/p>

It probably was more like you are suggesting though. But it does make me wonder if early Twitter really was less self-serving in a way.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/odd\/statuses\/116358018348710986","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/odd\/statuses\/116358018348710986","objectType":"note","content":"

@Haste<\/a> I wasn't on Twitter before its downfall, but from what I've heard I got the impression that microblogging was a two-way street with journalists, scientists and 'common' folk.<\/p>

It probably was more like you are suggesting though. But it does make me wonder if early Twitter really was less self-serving in a way.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@odd\/116358018348710986","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste\/statuses\/116357984793360916","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste\/116357984793360916"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-06:objectType=thread:nonce=02cccd8f420c8f3e","notice_info":{"local_id":"12410262","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-06T17:34:09+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@odd\/116358018348710986"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias","displayName":"Rich Felker","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-original-tmp20221202140938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-96-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-48-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-24-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"40873"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-96-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"C librarian, purveyor of the language's eldritch horrors. Poppin' shells \ud83e\uddaa","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"dalias","displayName":"Rich Felker","note":"C librarian, purveyor of the language's eldritch horrors. Poppin' shells \ud83e\uddaa"}},"content":"

RE: https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias\/116358958213462520<\/a><\/p>

@odd<\/a> @Haste<\/a> Early and even late Twitter was so much better from what \"journalists\" do on \"social media\" now.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias\/statuses\/116358960789678972","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias\/statuses\/116358960789678972","objectType":"note","content":"

RE: https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias\/116358958213462520<\/a><\/p>

@odd<\/a> @Haste<\/a> Early and even late Twitter was so much better from what \"journalists\" do on \"social media\" now.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias\/116358960789678972","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/odd\/statuses\/116358018348710986","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@odd\/116358018348710986"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/odd"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-06:objectType=thread:nonce=02cccd8f420c8f3e","notice_info":{"local_id":"12410263","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-06T17:34:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias\/116358960789678972"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste","displayName":"EVHaste","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-original-tmp20230930021151.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-96-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-48-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-24-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"19993"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-96-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"(She\/Her) | Journalist | Sword lesbian | Antifascist | Transgender library witch | Tech whistleblower | Aspiring necromancer","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"Haste","displayName":"EVHaste","note":"(She\/Her) | Journalist | Sword lesbian | Antifascist | Transgender library witch | Tech whistleblower | Aspiring necromancer"}},"content":"

And I mean, is that really want you want? Or is it just what you\u2019re used to?<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste\/statuses\/116357961630517772","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste\/statuses\/116357961630517772","objectType":"note","content":"

And I mean, is that really want you want? Or is it just what you\u2019re used to?<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste\/116357961630517772","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste\/statuses\/116357940367418018","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste\/116357940367418018"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-06:objectType=thread:nonce=02cccd8f420c8f3e","notice_info":{"local_id":"12410258","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-06T17:33:22+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste\/116357961630517772"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste","displayName":"EVHaste","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-original-tmp20230930021151.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-96-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-48-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-24-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"19993"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-96-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"(She\/Her) | Journalist | Sword lesbian | Antifascist | Transgender library witch | Tech whistleblower | Aspiring necromancer","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"Haste","displayName":"EVHaste","note":"(She\/Her) | Journalist | Sword lesbian | Antifascist | Transgender library witch | Tech whistleblower | Aspiring necromancer"}},"content":"

It\u2019s been a weird couple days; I keep running into this talking point that \u201cjournalists won\u2019t use Mastodon unless we incentivize engagement farming\u201d.<\/p>

Meanwhile I\u2019m having a *great* experience here, because I use it to\u2014 I dunno\u2014 actually talk to people and form relationships?<\/p>

I reject the premise that mastodon isn\u2019t useful for reporters. I think it\u2019s more accurate that modern news orgs use social media in purely extractive ways.<\/p>

You might get more reporters that way, but you won\u2019t like them.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste\/statuses\/116357940367418018","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste\/statuses\/116357940367418018","objectType":"note","content":"

It\u2019s been a weird couple days; I keep running into this talking point that \u201cjournalists won\u2019t use Mastodon unless we incentivize engagement farming\u201d.<\/p>

Meanwhile I\u2019m having a *great* experience here, because I use it to\u2014 I dunno\u2014 actually talk to people and form relationships?<\/p>

I reject the premise that mastodon isn\u2019t useful for reporters. I think it\u2019s more accurate that modern news orgs use social media in purely extractive ways.<\/p>

You might get more reporters that way, but you won\u2019t like them.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste\/116357940367418018","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-06:objectType=thread:nonce=02cccd8f420c8f3e","notice_info":{"local_id":"12410257","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-06T17:33:22+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste\/116357940367418018"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias","displayName":"Rich Felker","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-original-tmp20221202140938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-96-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-48-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-24-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"40873"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/40873-96-20221207231635.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"C librarian, purveyor of the language's eldritch horrors. Poppin' shells \ud83e\uddaa","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"dalias","displayName":"Rich Felker","note":"C librarian, purveyor of the language's eldritch horrors. Poppin' shells \ud83e\uddaa"}},"content":"

@Haste<\/a> Back on :birdsite:, I felt like they did provide a service. They cited their own articles, but adversarially to the publications they worked for - poking through the clickbait and bullshit headlines, telling the stories of what they cared about, how they researched the story, etc. that they weren't allowed to do in the actual publication.<\/p>

Now, all they do is act as mouthpieces for the companies they work for. \ud83e\udd2e<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias\/statuses\/116358958213462520","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/dalias\/statuses\/116358958213462520","objectType":"note","content":"

@Haste<\/a> Back on :birdsite:, I felt like they did provide a service. They cited their own articles, but adversarially to the publications they worked for - poking through the clickbait and bullshit headlines, telling the stories of what they cared about, how they researched the story, etc. that they weren't allowed to do in the actual publication.<\/p>

Now, all they do is act as mouthpieces for the companies they work for. \ud83e\udd2e<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias\/116358958213462520","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste\/statuses\/116357984793360916","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste\/116357984793360916"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-06:objectType=thread:nonce=02cccd8f420c8f3e","notice_info":{"local_id":"12410260","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-06T17:33:21+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@dalias\/116358958213462520"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste","displayName":"EVHaste","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-original-tmp20230930021151.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-96-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-48-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-24-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"19993"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/19993-96-20231002152025.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"(She\/Her) | Journalist | Sword lesbian | Antifascist | Transgender library witch | Tech whistleblower | Aspiring necromancer","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"Haste","displayName":"EVHaste","note":"(She\/Her) | Journalist | Sword lesbian | Antifascist | Transgender library witch | Tech whistleblower | Aspiring necromancer"}},"content":"

I think if we\u2019re honest with ourselves, the \u201cservice\u201d most reporters provide on social media is entirely self-serving. A one-way firehose of signal boosting and self promotion.<\/p>

\u201cLook at me! I wrote this story. Click on it!\u201d
And then you ask them a question, or have a correction, and nobody reads it, because Wired doesn\u2019t care about building a community, just reaching a consumer. It\u2019s fire and forget.<\/p>

We already have a tool for that, it\u2019s RSS. What value does reposting a link here provide?<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste\/statuses\/116357984793360916","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste\/statuses\/116357984793360916","objectType":"note","content":"

I think if we\u2019re honest with ourselves, the \u201cservice\u201d most reporters provide on social media is entirely self-serving. A one-way firehose of signal boosting and self promotion.<\/p>

\u201cLook at me! I wrote this story. Click on it!\u201d
And then you ask them a question, or have a correction, and nobody reads it, because Wired doesn\u2019t care about building a community, just reaching a consumer. It\u2019s fire and forget.<\/p>

We already have a tool for that, it\u2019s RSS. What value does reposting a link here provide?<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste\/116357984793360916","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/Haste\/statuses\/116357961630517772","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste\/116357961630517772"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-06:objectType=thread:nonce=02cccd8f420c8f3e","notice_info":{"local_id":"12410259","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-06T17:33:21+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Haste\/116357984793360916"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6299802","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}