Notices by Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub), page 15

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@xavez how do *you* define cleaning?

@rysiek @atomicpoet it's interesting!

@KevinMarks @atomicpoet I agree that it's a good first step, but eventually they need a real corporate presence.

@Ffyon it's fine as a first step, but eventually they need to step up and take responsibility for the server cost of distribution and labour costs of moderation. Offloading those to volunteer instance owners, or the journalists themselves, is irresponsible.

@spacehobo ah, the metric system

@ntnsndr @atomicpoet it's a good thing that's technically feasible with Mastodon, right?

Also, thanks to @ben for making me think about this topic! We disagree on our conclusions but I appreciate the prompt.
https://mastodon.adida.net/@ben/109978387991698145

@mpjgregoire strong agree.

@indyradio I can't speak to negotiations between journalists, unions, and publications.

I do think that those negotiations have to happen regardless of whether journalists toot from personal accounts or company accounts.

And I don't think the solution to the problem is not having newspaper instances at all.

@chrismessina lol

@ntnsndr @atomicpoet my employer owns and manages our email server.

When I leave, they'll have all my email messages, and any new messages to my address will either bounce or get forwarded to someone inside the company.

For relationships that I don't want to work that way, I use my personal email address.

I think most work email works this way.

@TexasObserver @atomicpoet so, have you talked to other publications about do's and don'ts for the fediverse?

I am going to reach out to publications, especially Canadian ones, to see how I can help them get on the fediverse.

So, I am pleased to see that 10 to 1, people want newspapers to set up their own instances.

I am a strong yes. I agree with @atomicpoet ; I think most companies should have fediverse instances.

There is a point a lot of people made. If the newspaper has user accounts for journalists, they should be able to transfer their social graph (followers, following) to another account when they leave the paper.

That seems like a good practice for any staff account.

@josephholsten @atomicpoet yeah, commercial organizations are going to host on commercial cloud services, full stop.

@cshlan @TexasObserver me too!

@adammiller also, if the reporter is writing for a newspaper, it's not "their content".

@adammiller what about workplace conditions? Isn't the publication responsible for maintaining a safe environment for their employees? If the reporter is on the clock, the company should be providing the tools they need.

@adammiller is the reporter responsible for the server costs of distribution? Labour costs of moderation? Or do they offload that responsibility onto the hapless instance operator who unknowingly let a NYT reporter onto their instance?