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   Erin Conroy (chargrille@progressives.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 17:36:47 JST Erin Conroy

   It's our billionaire-bought, right-wing-infected, (dis)information ecosystems that are the problem.

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     Erin Conroy (chargrille@progressives.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 17:36:56 JST Erin Conroy

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     Of course there are the people who WANT to be disinformed & you can't fix that.

     BUT, I worry that we can't fix any of this unless we figure out a way to replace the defective sources of information, with better ones, that people actually use. Mastodon *could* be part of the solution.

     I don't have the answers. Obviously the winds of $ are against us but history shows building those networks has happened before.

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     Erin Conroy (chargrille@progressives.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 17:37:05 JST Erin Conroy

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     Getting people to do new stuff is hard.

     You have to make it cool (interesting), cool (hyped), or fun, or easy, or cheap, or ...

     or as many of these as possible.

     often it will be hard or lonely or boring or a little dumb in the beginning for the trailblazers - but that can change fast. IMO Mastodon is already interesting, cheap, & easy.

     Twitter was boring & dumb in the beginning, imo. Now it's dangerous, with pockets of value (COVID, disability rights). How do we get those people over here?

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     Erin Conroy (chargrille@progressives.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 17:37:10 JST Erin Conroy

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     But it's only part of the solution.

     We still very, very, very much need *vetted* sources of information, & repeat players. This is the function that journalists are *supposed* to perform.

     They are not supposed to be oracles. They are not supposed to be the bookies of democracy, setting the odds & influencing how people place their bets. Nate Silver is the antithesis of journalism.

     We DESPERATELY NEED nonprofit journalism - & we HAVE it!! SUPPORT IT WITH YOUR $!!

     @ProPublica for one

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     Erin Conroy (chargrille@progressives.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 17:37:17 JST Erin Conroy

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     @ProPublica
     Also, we need to support the individuals like Kelly HAyes who are doing the work necessary to support anti-fascist coalition-building. The kind of work that strengthens us for future wins.

     That includes artists, by the way. How are we going to sustain our values, dreams, & culture? Artists do this work.
     https://organizingmythoughts.org/beyond-the-blame-fighting-for-each-other-in-the-face-of-fascism/

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     DC Deejay (dcdeejay@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 17:37:29 JST DC Deejay

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     @chargrille I don't have the contacts to start this process, but I'd suggest anyone that has access to the ears of mega-wealthy non-fascists to urge them to create a fund that will allow the abundance dev/IT talent on the fediverse to build and support open-source platforms that rival corporate social media end-user experience in every way. The work is well underway, but they need financial support for bigger dev, content & marketing teams.

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     Erin Conroy (chargrille@progressives.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 17:37:36 JST Erin Conroy

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     I think this is a big piece of the solution, yes! Absolutely!