Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

But why haven't they posted on Mastodon in two years https://mstdn.social/@TheGuardian

Because Mastodon and the entire Fediverse is infested with the most rabid sort of users that even Twitter couldn't stomach and has turned a blind eye to this fact? I mean, there's a reason why they keep getting brought up over and over and people continually nope out of signing up over there. They've got a demographic problem, they refuse to acknowledge it, and it's killing growth. Why would any media outlet want to participate knowing that?

that doesn't look official and doesn't have a verified url. some random person just put up a bot

Half of Mastodon seems to be an obsession with what's in your trousers or what you prefer to sleep with.

> Why would any media outlet want to participate knowing that?

Presumably for the same reason they find the optics of X acceptable but what do I know.

Mastodon does not have an automated feed like Twitter does, so what you see in your feed is people you follow and their boosts. Just don't follow people who are interested in your sex life.

> most rabid sort of users

Rabid in what way?

Personally, I don't want to follow people, I want to follow subjects. I want to read Jay Expert's posts on their speciality without their posts on politics and breakfast. Maybe Bluesky feeds will make that possible (in which case Bluesky kills Reddit).

Pretty sure there's a massive difference in both the breadth and scope of the demographics of X and Mastodon/the Fediverse.

Most of the degeneracy I see is on Twitter, not Mastodon.

Different strokes for different folx.

Agreed. Politics on micro logging sites is terrible.

They're both terrible echo chambers, one created by Musk and the other created by random instance admins.

I'm the other half, I use mastodon for my vanilla news and X for my trouser and sleep news.

Are the Nazis more or less courteous on X? I'm not sure which distinction you're trying to make here.

That's why I follow hashtags instead of people on Mastodon. It gives me a very high signal to noise ratio.

If you think everyone on X is a "nazi" then clearly you've got problems. Twitter appeals to a massive audience, whereas alternatives do not. Media outlets will go where the eyeballs are... and that's not to Bluesky, to Mastodon, to the Fediverse... but to Twitter... which is populated by people, not nazis.