Good morning Fedi friends!
A mini 🧵 following yesterday's heated reactions to my toot (mastodon.social/@_elena/114329…).
I have the utmost admiration for Carole Cadwalladr's work and advocacy. She's absolutely phenomenal.
The point I failed to make is that IF EVEN CC - who speaks so eloquently against the Broligarchy - ends up on bro-funded social and publishing networks, then we are all in trouble.
IMHO the tech stack we choose is a form of implicit endorsement. But we can resist.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ (@_elena@mastodon.social)
I just watched the most brilliant TED Talk by Carole Cadwalladr "This is what a digital coup looks like" 🔗: https://www.ted.Mastodon
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •I'm devoting this week's issue of #TheFutureIsFederated to Substack alternatives – showcasing how several independent journalists and media organizations who speak truth to power (like Cadwalladr) have created thriving newsletter businesses outside the Substack bubble.
Routine reminder that Substack is funded by A16Z and actively profits from far-right content, hate speech and misinformation.
Related reading material:
1) citationneeded.news/citation-n…
2) badnewsletter.substack.com/p/a…
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Citation Needed has a new home
Molly White (Citation Needed)