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   Jack Jenkins (jackmjenkins@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 01:47:25 JST Jack Jenkins

   1. Okay, hear me out: given the rise of protocol-based, decentralized social media (Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon) where you can follow people on *other* platforms…

   …what if journalists created their own little nonprofit platform that, in addition to features, essentially functioned as verification?

   The idea would echo how news wire services were built a century and a half ago, where outlets agreed going in together on shared stuff was a good idea.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 01:47:23 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • Ben Werdmuller
     • Nathan Schneider
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     • Hussein Rashid - islamoyankee

     @islamoyankee @jackmjenkins @ntnsndr Yep! At @medlab we're about to start an Open Social Incubator.

     Cc @ben

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     Hussein Rashid - islamoyankee (islamoyankee@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 01:47:25 JST Hussein Rashid - islamoyankee

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @jackmjenkins this sounds like something @ntnsndr might find interesting.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 01:55:24 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • ben

     @ntnsndr @islamoyankee @medlab @ben I think it is a great idea. A stack of tools appropriate for journalists. You could use single sign-on and a bunch of hosted tools.

     One thing that reminded me of this was the whole Jeff Bezos "we" controversy. Unlike many other professionals, journalists have no guild-like certification system.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 06:34:03 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • Ben Werdmuller

     @ben Amazing. I think this could be a really powerful offering.

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     Ben Werdmuller (ben@werd.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 06:34:04 JST Ben Werdmuller

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @ntnsndr @islamoyankee @ntnsndr @medlab @ben I’ve been trying to ship a similar idea for a while. I’m excited for the incubator and I’m trying to put together a space for open source technologists and newsrooms to collaborate.