journalists are (one of) the backbones of social media — having a space for breaking news and real-time communication is incredibly crucial for crises, information dissemination, and more and sure, political discourse can come along with "scrutiny and negativity," but what isn't political
It's a pitty the site is US based. I see potential in this site to be better then even twitter was; but that comes down to moderating and Im an IT noob; Im just very good in knowing context with human rights as dutch labour member.
I applaud this sites owners for wanting to take admissions of political parties slow; but you can add an addendum in the rules; when not willing to respect human rights and democracy; no access given. However be mindful of different perceptions of extremism in the EU and US. Tricky in nuances often.
Next; political parties that care about international right and it's put in place systems; while we may not always like those; they are there for a good reason; to protect those core values of a true democracy. Let's do this but be careful; extreme right does not support that very democracy we value
Journalists and scientists are my go to people. During emergencies they inform and guide. Particularly climate scientists.
Politics and news don’t lead to the kind of warm and fuzzy engagements which generate ad clicks. Zoloft socials for all!
It would also be great to have government agencies posting here.
While right now in Australia the media are rightly being targeted as collaborators with right wing politicians and public servants as a Royal Commission identifies they, in govt, targeted and hunted down citizens for crimes they didn’t commit - the biggest betrayal in our history
I'm fascinated in how he thinks things like fashion, beauty, and entertainment aren't political at all, but let alone right now considering things like the WGA strike and attacks on LGBTQIA+ people who are not insignificant parts of those industries.
“Besides, news orgs aren’t pushing a product we can easily take a cut of”
Word! WPRI investigative reporter @timwhiteri@bsky.social is in the house! Give him a folo for big breaking news from little Rhody.