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Jeff Jarvis
Jeff Jarvis
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

Media privilege speaking: She uses her column to argue others should not use the venues available to them to speak and be heard.
Also: If we are to judge any medium by the worst it carries, then newspapers as a genre have much to answer for.
Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/14/toxicity-social-media-ethical-racism-misogyny-far-right

Petra van Cronenburg
Petra van Cronenburg
@NatureMC@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

@jeffjarvis This journalistic commentary has one big fail: She doesn't mention the #Fediverse / #Mastodon being a real chance against toxic algorithm-driven social media.

And like so many colleagues she doesn't mention any alternatives to #Substack like #Ghost or #Steady.

#socialMedia #toxic #newsletter

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Elena Rossini ⁂
Elena Rossini ⁂
@_elena@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago

Warning: this is in fact a sub-toot.

A viral article about « getting off US tech » that mentions email, office suites, music and video streaming services, search and maps… but NOT the publishing platform where the article was posted.

Spoiler alert: it was Substack - the enshttf*ed Nazi bar supported by A16Z that platforms and profits from far right content.

Substack alternatives: Ghost, Wordpress, BeeHiiv, Buttondown. I use Ghost & Wordpress and LOVE them

Related: https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/

Petra van Cronenburg
Petra van Cronenburg
@NatureMC@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 8 months ago
@_elena We have a #EuropeanAlternative to #Substack and #Ghost: It's the Germany based #Steadyhttps://steady.page/en/
I use it.
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