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submitted 2 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Summary

The Guardian announced it will stop posting from its main editorial accounts on X, citing the platform’s “toxic” environment and Elon Musk’s influence in shaping political discourse, particularly around the recent U.S. election.

The British newspaper expressed concerns over increasing far-right content and disinformation on X, which it says Musk has enabled.

Although articles can still be shared by users, The Guardian intends to focus on promoting its journalism through other platforms, noting that X now plays a “diminished role” in its outreach efforts.

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[-] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 90 points 2 days ago

BTW, the author of this article still advertises its Twitter account 🙃

[-] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 67 points 2 days ago

Inb4 The Guardian will have a presence on Bluesky but not the Fediverse 🙃

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 37 points 2 days ago

The Guardian is welcome on Lemmy anytime.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Does Mastadon have customizable/sharable feeds?

[-] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm not sure what you mean. There is a list feature much like the one that existed on Twitter, but since I don't use it, I don't know if you can share lists.

Edit: I tried the List feature and it does not work like on Twitter (at least the way I remember it): it only can only contain users you already follow and is private. It acts more like a feed with only a subset of your follows.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[-] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 4 points 1 day ago

Oh no, but it's a neat feature, I wish Mastodon had it!

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

It's a killer feature imo but microblog services in general aren't really my thing

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago

Mastodon, get shiny. This foss clunkiness is hamstringing you.

[-] Homescool@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Seems like a great time for some corporate cash to show up with no strings attached in this hyper-driven race for a digital copy of our thoughts

[-] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

Send them a pull request with your ideas?

Pretty ironic since this is from the UK Guardian under Kath Viner's editing which has played a key part in fanning the flames of the culture war.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 days ago

Just came to that conclusion now?

[-] original_reader@lemm.ee 23 points 2 days ago

Better late than never. Great move.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Barn door, horse, etc.

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 day ago

The Texas Observer and other newspapers have their own Mastodon instance. Even Donald Trump’s Truth Social is its own instance. If you have the news, they will come to you!

[-] uberdroog@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago
[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

A little late, but yeah, der, obviously.

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