Notices by Adam Davidson (adamdavidson@journa.host)

@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.

One thing I'd be thinking about--if I were a journalist or journalistic institution still actively using the birdsite--is what is coming next?

At some point, staying is endorsing.

And this is clearly just the beginning of what Elon will do.

I'm trying to figure out how to feel after this midterm election.

It feels like we live in a different/better country than I thought we did on Monday.

Like six years of panic has begun to be released.

That's probably too optimistic.

But having trouble calibrating.

you?

In the last four days, I've learned more about how subtle (or not so subtle) design and culture differences in social media can lead to wildly different experiences.

I continue to be overwhelmed by how good the choices are here on Mastodon and how lousy the ones I didn't notice were over on the birdsite.

I would welcome a chance to talk--here in text, on zoom, phone, whatever--with any admin who is thinking of or has already blocked journa.host

I fear that there's miscommunication about why we're here and what we're doing.

We are working very hard to be good neighbors but want to know about any concerns.

People on twitter who have never been on Mastodon explaining why Mastodon sucks is the most twitter thing ever.

I have Mastodon on one tab and twitter on the next.

I am truly a different person when I go from one to the other.

I become angry, sarcastic on twitter.

Calmer, more open, constructive here.

Amazing.

At first, I thought there was going to be a big journalist/ethical question about whether or not to ban entire servers.

Until we got attacked by trolls and I learned just how many servers are 100% troll-army. So, blocked every one I could find.

It’s like I got the Elon Musk crash course in moderation in a few quick hours.

Big note for new Mastodonians: Put stuff in your bio asap.

When you follow people, they'll want to see who you are to decide if they should follow back.

Empty bios don't get many follows back.

There are a few servers that are solely devoted to shitposting (like shitpost.host) and to ugly conspiracy theories.

I'm inclined to block them on journa.host, but am not sure it's the right thing to do, since we are, actually, journalists who need to know what's going on.

Any thoughts? advice?