@vrtxd oooh I didn't know @hankgreen had an account here... I see he hasn't posted in years though, sigh
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@_elena I have mentioned to Thomas Pearson about Fedi and he's looking into it. He's very in tune with what's happening with tech and censorship in the UK so it seems a natural fit. I hate having to keep IG for his vids.
@stitch thank you for this! I was not aware of him and I just went to see his content and indeed he would be a natural fit here.
How can I help getting him to set up an account here?
@_elena National Dutch celebrity and "Speaking truth to power" type @arjenlubach was recently active on Mastodon again to "see what was happening here".
But... Somehow I suspect we failed to impress him and he won't be a regular here any time soon.
Being wrong would be nice though. There's a real need to love away from big tech owned social media.
#Netherlands #Lubach #ArjanLubach #rtl #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialMedia
@_elena His agenda is pretty clear and has nothing to do with what the Fesiverse is. I stopped watching him a long, long, long time ago. Leaving him where he is is a much better contribution to the Fediverse.
@_elena CIA Johnny? Say it ain't so lol.
@themooserooster what did I miss? 👀
@_elena Johnny Harris has earned the slightly tongue in cheek moniker "CIA Johnny" since many of his videos tend to parrot narratives and base assumptions from the US foreign policy establishment as some kind of info "they" don't want you to hear. I have no idea whether or not he is actually a US intelligence asset, but at some point it becomes a distinction without a difference. Manufacture of consent and all that.
@themooserooster thank you for the explanation 😔
I'd love to see these more. Sorry for the excess mentions and hashtags for visibility.
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@vrtxd oooh I didn't know @hankgreen had an account here... I see he hasn't posted in years though, sigh
@_elena Yup. I think a longer-term solution could be to have some free open-source crossposting software that enables creators to create their content (text, images, videos, polls, etc.) and simultaneously publish it on multiple social media platforms.
There is #PostyBirb, but I haven't used it yet so I don't personally know how well it might work for this.
At least @thelinuxexperiment crossposts the videos to both YouTube and PeerTube, which is nice.
@_elena Ugh, yeah saw that on my Nebula feed but knowing Johnny Harris I knew it wasn't gonna be great...I was too afraid to watch lol
@_elena I imagine it would be relatively easy to build a platform on fedi that people could submit grassroots journalism/personal experiences of big tech vs FOSS platforms to.
But then there’s the risk of it being yet another silo. Maybe an aggregator would be better?
/just thinking out loud
@andycarolan the post wasn't so much about crowdsourced journalism but the fact that an Emmy award winning journalist with 7.5 million followers on YouTube made a video about the concept of power and information... talked down on algorithms... and at the end launched a new initiative that is on a centralized place, thus undoing all the great things he had said up until that point, le sigh
@_elena I feel that it will be difficult to tear those who are established away from those platforms as that's where their audiences are 😔
@_elena I was very disappointed at the end of that video. He was so close and yet, so far.
@_elena not surprised. this click bait guy is not exactly what i would count as trustworthy source anyways.
@falkheiland I hear you. Thing is, he is often "speaking truth to power" but not really walking the walk... especially with the latest video. I thought it was an announcement of something on the Open Social Web, but alas, more centralized tools of communication 😭
Most of YouTube creators are there for money.
The Fediverse can't pay money.
I think we shouldn't expect YouTube creators leaving YouTube.
Unless, I ve misunderstood how the Fediverse work.
@max Molly White has been able to sustain herself by asking readers for donations. She uses the POSSE method (Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere), publishes on Ghost and is here too.
@ben spoke about how successful a fundraising campaign for ProPublica was on the fediverse (compared to other places).
Nothing is stopping a YouTube creator from branching out to the Fediverse (and keep posting on YouTube). Especially those who "speak truth to power".
SquareSpace ain't it, ghghgh
@LeoRJorge ah thank you I was not aware of this 😔
@_elena @max @ben I think a big part of it needs to be a cultural norm shift where people get used to donating to individual creators instead of paying monthly subscriptions for streaming platforms' overabundance of content. (Quality over quantity)
The cost difference wouldn't be that bad; I think it's the mentality shift that's more difficult. Patreon has certainly made this easier, but their UI is lame and it'd be rad if there were a non-profit alternative.
@_elena really just get everyone on the fediverse. cough cough handy flyer i made http://bluepixelcomputing.com:8141/fedi/fediflyer.pdf cough cough :P