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   Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 04:36:31 JST Mike McCue

   Anyone using Twitter to get info on #HurricaneHilary is bound to be misinformed right now. The hashtag is littered with fake videos and reports. There are also a ton of conspiracy theory and climate change denier posts. And of course these are all accompanied with the usual screaming and fighting you see on Twitter now. Toxic. Useless. Misleading.

   Mastodon is far better than Twitter for knowing what is truly happening on the ground and why.

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     Carwil Bjork-James (carwil@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 14:16:26 JST Carwil Bjork-James

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     • Leigh Silvester
     • D. B. Stuck

     @leighms @MyWoolyMastadon @mike

     Verification is a built-in feature on Mastodon in general; two-way links in bios confirm that the Mastodon user can also place content on their home website: https://washpost.engineering/heres-how-the-washington-post-verified-its-journalists-on-mastodon-7b5dbc96985c

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     Carwil Bjork-James (carwil@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 14:16:27 JST Carwil Bjork-James

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     @mike This will be true when we get more general-purpose providers, like news organizations, weather services, and journalists on here.

     But a quick search of #HurricaneHilary on Mastodon<dot>online reveals a lot of discussion about its impending arrival and very little actual news.

     Filtering out trolls and false rumors is important, yes.

     The ability to sort by # of follower, likes, and boosts instead of by chronology is actually vital for events where ppl interested >> people w/ info.

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     D. B. Stuck (mywoolymastadon@toot.community)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 14:16:27 JST D. B. Stuck

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     • Carwil Bjork-James

     @Carwil @mike

     There needs to be an instance just for journalists that has everyone vetted as working for a news agency. It would make it easier to follow big events on #Mastodon. Maybe there is one and I'm unaware of it?

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     Leigh Silvester (leighms@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 14:16:27 JST Leigh Silvester

     in reply to

     • Carwil Bjork-James
     • D. B. Stuck

     @MyWoolyMastadon @Carwil @mike

     Lots of journalists on ...

     https://newsie.social/about

     .. but not vetted. Moderation on there is usually quite tight.

     Saying that there needs to be something means someone has to make the commitment to set up and manage a server. This requires money and time.

     Who would determine who are permitted to join and how would they check?

     Mike McCue repeated this.