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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 20:55:42 JST Aral Balkan

   Journalists complaining about how “Elon Musk” banned them should perhaps ask themselves (and the institutions they work for) why they remain besotted with perpetuating a system wherein they’re beholden to the whims of a petulant proto-fascist billionaire man-baby and his ilk.

   #journalism #pr #capitalism #billionaires #corporatocracy #institutionalCorruption

   • Mark Gardner (mjgardner@social.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 22:53:47 JST Mark Gardner

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     @aral They didn’t ask themselves from 2016-2020, why would they start now?

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 22:53:47 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Mark Gardner

     @mjgardner Fair question.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 19-Dec-2022 03:50:30 JST Aral Balkan

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     • George Dinwiddie

     @gdinwiddie I might have given it a thought or two, yes :)

     https://ar.al/2019/05/02/slavery-2.0-and-how-to-avoid-it-a-practical-guide-for-cyborgs/

   • George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 19-Dec-2022 03:50:31 JST George Dinwiddie

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     @aral Have you thought about who might disrupt (and how) the affordances you depend on?

     For journalists, it's access to their audience. It's the tools to build their audience. It's the accumulated investment they put in so far.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 19-Dec-2022 05:40:13 JST Aral Balkan

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     • George Dinwiddie

     @gdinwiddie If only we had a decentralised global digital network where they didn’t need to do that… :)

   • George Dinwiddie (gdinwiddie@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 19-Dec-2022 05:40:14 JST George Dinwiddie

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     @aral But not thought of it from the POV of a journalist. Journalists have always depended on platforms owned by the wealthy to enlarge their reach.