@caseynewton Fediverse is remarkably absent of gossip, ads, influencers, stunts and 'tea'. They barely even have viral posts. Genuinely miss that stuff from my time on Twitter, between news and popular convos.
It's so boring, it's as if National Public Radio and a Linux listserv had a love child.
But Fedi is genuinely hard to game with money or a fake controversy. When things seem a little off on a busy news day, I tend to hop over here.
@fifilamoura i don't think that was true at the beginning. People like Ilya actually care about how this stuff turns out and it's lazy cynicism to suggest it was always a front
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What is I just bonk you when I laugh listening to the Hardfork podcast? Might end up feeling like harassment, but I’m just trying to broadcast my enjoyment 😂
I write that Big Tech is killing independent research through its decisions. Just take into account what Meta has done to CrowdTangle or what Twitter did with its API.