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   Dan Sinker (dansinker@omfg.town)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 05:22:47 JST Dan Sinker

   Newsrooms should not spin up instances for their reporters partially because this is too new to dedicate strapped staff to, partially because layoffs mean reporters would lose their timelines bc you can't migrate posts, partially because newsrooms are *already* not great at social media policies, and mostly because the problem it ostensibly solves, verification, can be done by just sticking rel=me into author pages and letting reporters self-verify super easily wherever they set up shop here.

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     Adam Davidson (adamdavidson@journa.host)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 05:22:41 JST Adam Davidson

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     • Jeff Jarvis
     • ianhillmedia

     @jeffjarvis @ianhillmedia @dansinker

     Journalists have outsourced far too many of the key decisions of our era to private companies.

     We have let unnamed people at twitter, FB, etc, decide how our stories will be shared, how we will engage our audience.

     Journalism needs to take ownership of these questions.

     The fediverse is, right now, the best way to do that. Though it would be great if there were other ways.

     So, no. It's not some indulgence. It's necessary investment.

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     Jeff Jarvis (jeffjarvis@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 05:22:42 JST Jeff Jarvis

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     • Adam Davidson
     • ianhillmedia

     @ianhillmedia @dansinker Sigh. In a federated universe, people share the load. I am using money from my center at CUNY to support the out-of-pocket costs of @adamdavidson starting journa.host because the fediverse is run by such volunteers. We in news media will benefit from this federated ecosystem--no longer subject to the whims of insane moguls--and should pay back. Everything isn't about us and our pathetic bottom lines.

     Frank Bennett repeated this.
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     ianhillmedia (ianhillmedia@journa.host)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 05:22:43 JST ianhillmedia

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     • Jeff Jarvis

     @dansinker @jeffjarvis What Dan said. Plus, what do you see as the benefits that news orgs are gaining from the fediverse ATM that would justify the investment?

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     Dan Sinker (dansinker@omfg.town)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 05:22:45 JST Dan Sinker

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     • Jeff Jarvis

     @jeffjarvis there are a lot of ethical obligations newsrooms *should* see but don't, I'd put the fediverse pretty low down on that list tbh.

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     Jeff Jarvis (jeffjarvis@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Dec-2022 05:22:46 JST Jeff Jarvis

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     @dansinker Yes to all but... news organizations should see an ethical obligation to share the load in a federated universe. They benefit from social media; they should pay back.