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Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

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243 points Jimmc414 | 15 comments | 13 Nov 24 20:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.942s | source | bottom
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dagurp ◴[13 Nov 24 21:48 UTC] No.42130399[source]▶
But why haven't they posted on Mastodon in two years https://mstdn.social/@TheGuardian
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1. EarlKing ◴[13 Nov 24 21:56 UTC] No.42130502[source]▶
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?
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2. ChocolateGod ◴[13 Nov 24 22:03 UTC] No.42130581[source]▶
Half of Mastodon seems to be an obsession with what's in your trousers or what you prefer to sleep with.
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3. talldayo ◴[13 Nov 24 22:08 UTC] No.42130640[source]▶
> 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.

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4. riffraff ◴[13 Nov 24 22:21 UTC] No.42130796[source]▶
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.
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5. dom96 ◴[13 Nov 24 22:50 UTC] No.42131101[source]▶
> most rabid sort of users

Rabid in what way?

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6. kps ◴[13 Nov 24 23:21 UTC] No.42131325{3}[source]▶
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).
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7. EarlKing ◴[13 Nov 24 23:59 UTC] No.42131614[source]▶
Pretty sure there's a massive difference in both the breadth and scope of the demographics of X and Mastodon/the Fediverse.
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8. archagon ◴[14 Nov 24 00:17 UTC] No.42131743{4}[source]▶
Most of the degeneracy I see is on Twitter, not Mastodon.
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9. tempaccount420 ◴[14 Nov 24 03:43 UTC] No.42132972{5}[source]▶
Different strokes for different folx.
10. ChocolateGod ◴[14 Nov 24 08:09 UTC] No.42134067{4}[source]▶
Agreed. Politics on micro logging sites is terrible.
11. ChocolateGod ◴[14 Nov 24 08:11 UTC] No.42134083{5}[source]▶
They're both terrible echo chambers, one created by Musk and the other created by random instance admins.
12. dole ◴[14 Nov 24 18:34 UTC] No.42139497[source]▶
I'm the other half, I use mastodon for my vanilla news and X for my trouser and sleep news.
13. talldayo ◴[15 Nov 24 17:41 UTC] No.42149090{3}[source]▶
Are the Nazis more or less courteous on X? I'm not sure which distinction you're trying to make here.
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14. timbit42 ◴[15 Nov 24 22:56 UTC] No.42152223{4}[source]▶
That's why I follow hashtags instead of people on Mastodon. It gives me a very high signal to noise ratio.
15. EarlKing ◴[20 Nov 24 07:23 UTC] No.42191515{4}[source]▶
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.