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Paul Healey<p>‘Across the globe biodiversity is under siege’ Irfaan Ali, Guyanese President. </p><p>Yet Trump and his fascist tech bros want to accelerate its end with data farms to strengthen their ultras totalitarian world order. All that will do is turn sustainable energy into fields of toxic waste and extreme climate chaos. Uniformity, Exclusion and Inequality is a death cult. It accelerates Entropy, as in useful resources into unusable resources. Who will stop them, once billions start dying? The people I reckon will want to tear them limb from limb even if to late just to feel better about the great lie and steal they bought into! <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EndOfEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndOfEarth</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UEI</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EmpireIsNotGreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmpireIsNotGreat</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EmpireIsSelfDestructive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmpireIsSelfDestructive</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EcocideEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcocideEmpire</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@bonfire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bonfire</span></a></span> <br>&gt; We're tracking mockups and implementation progress here</p><p>FYI I'd love to help. But from Jan 1 2025 onwards, I refuse to do anything that requires logging in to GritHub. For the same reason I refuse to maintain an account on FarceBook.</p><p>Even reading GH pages on mobile is starting to require allowing this BorgSoft-controlled platform to run JS in my browser. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://socialwebfoundation.org/author/evanprodromou/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>evanprodromou</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jeremiah</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@herebox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>herebox</span></a></span></p>
Strypey<p>"As we become aware as a public we're putting pressure on our democratic institutions. We need new law, we need new regulatory regimes that interrupt and outlaw the key mechanisms of surveillance capitalism. Including the very principles of taking human experience unilaterally and turning it into data ... do we want a dominant capitalism that trades in behavioural futures?"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ShoshanaZuboff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShoshanaZuboff</span></a>, 2019</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/2/20/18232469/shoshana-zuboff-age-surveillance-capitalism-book-google-facebook-privacy-data-kara-swisher" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/2019/2/20/18232469/sho</span><span class="invisible">shana-zuboff-age-surveillance-capitalism-book-google-facebook-privacy-data-kara-swisher</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Vox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RecodeDecode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecodeDecode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>platforms</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"Maybe we should stop conversing in the billionaire machine where they make money out of our arguments ... Data is the new f'ckn oil. Like, where are these people getting their money from? Our behaviour. They're mining our behaviour like oil."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BlindBoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlindBoy</span></a> Boathouse, 2025</p><p><a href="https://shows.acast.com/blindboy/episodes/the-science-of-happiness-with-an-expert-psychologist" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shows.acast.com/blindboy/episo</span><span class="invisible">des/the-science-of-happiness-with-an-expert-psychologist</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"The universe of firms could be limited to the largest social media companies, such as Facebook, Google/YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok. Perhaps it could also be extended to other large technology companies, such as Amazon or Apple, or other critical companies in the internet stack."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NathanielPersily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NathanielPersily</span></a>, <br><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/JoshuaATucker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoshuaATucker</span></a>, 2021</p><p><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-to-fix-social-media-start-with-independent-research/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brookings.edu/articles/how-to-</span><span class="invisible">fix-social-media-start-with-independent-research/</span></a></p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are structured around a social graph in which users follow and are followed by other users. In turn, the content we see depends on what’s shared in our network."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ZeveSanderson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeveSanderson</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SolomonMessing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolomonMessing</span></a>,<br> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/JoshuaATucker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoshuaATucker</span></a>, 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/misunderstood-mechanics-how-ai-tiktok-and-the-liars-dividend-might-affect-the-2024-elections/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">brookings.edu/articles/misunde</span><span class="invisible">rstood-mechanics-how-ai-tiktok-and-the-liars-dividend-might-affect-the-2024-elections/</span></a></p><p>Ugghh, no. This was true of all 3 DataFarms when they first started. But all 3 have been inserting posts into people's feeds from outside their social graph for years.</p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Thinking about this some more, the story I tend to tell about moving from the DataFarms to the fediverse is a political-economic one. About who's in control of the social web - and the development of digital tech in general - and who gets to make money from it.</p><p>(1/?)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>I'm in two minds about public media outlets like RNZ publishing the video they produce on YouRube;</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp4OXwfZE1SaCQ4jRAuaoXQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/channel/UCp4OXwfZE</span><span class="invisible">1SaCQ4jRAuaoXQ</span></a></p><p>It makes sense for publicly-funded media to publish anywhere that members of the public might be, especially where we don't have to pay. In fact, any media funded 100% with public money ought to be under a CreativeCommons BY-SA license, or even placed in the public domain. So *anyone* can publish it, anywhere they like.<br> <br>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/WebVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebVideo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"The legal basis that X asserts in the filing is not terribly interesting. But what is interesting is that X has decided to involve itself at all, and it highlights that you do not own your followers or your account or anything at all on corporate social media."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/JasonKoebler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JasonKoebler</span></a>, 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/xs-objection-to-the-onion-buying-infowars-is-a-reminder-you-do-not-own-your-social-media-accounts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/xs-objection-to-th</span><span class="invisible">e-onion-buying-infowars-is-a-reminder-you-do-not-own-your-social-media-accounts/</span></a></p><p>Governments and other public interest institutions, take note.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"Around four billion users use one of Meta’s products every month; that’s half all the humans on earth, or around 75% of all the people in the world aged 15 or older."</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://werd.social/@ben" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ben</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://werd.io/2024/the-two-fediverses" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">werd.io/2024/the-two-fediverse</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p>Cripes, that's sobering. If Meta decides to stuff something down the memory hole, much of the world won't know about it. ZuckerBorg really is Big Brother.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Some intriguing coverage of the issues around newsrooms using <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MOLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MOLE</span></a> like ChatGPT;<br> <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018951651/mediawatch-the-good-and-bad-of-ai-in-news-advert-aggravation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/</span><span class="invisible">mediawatch/audio/2018951651/mediawatch-the-good-and-bad-of-ai-in-news-advert-aggravation</span></a></p><p>One danger that's not discussed is core news media workflows coming to depend on yet another set of remote services offered by DataFarming corporations.</p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Mediawatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mediawatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://godforsaken.website/@Shrigglepuss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Shrigglepuss</span></a></span><br>&gt; "it doesn't have to be this way"</p><p>Of course. We (all of us) are building the fediverse, we can determine everything about it.</p><p>But precisely because of this, changing things requires finding broad consensus on what to change and how. Nothing changes here by putting pressure on central authorities, as it can on corporate <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a>, because there aren't any.</p><p>So... what do you propose?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bne.social/@johngrey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>johngrey</span></a></span></p>
Strypey<p>"Meta, the global behemoth that owns Facebook and Instagram, is putting a stranglehold on recommendations in user feeds that contain political content.</p><p>The move, signalled in February, applies to Instagram and Threads, and will eventually extend to Facebook."</p><p><a href="https://omny.fm/shows/the-front-page-1/8-april-political-content-mix-1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">omny.fm/shows/the-front-page-1</span><span class="invisible">/8-april-political-content-mix-1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TheFrontPage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheFrontPage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NZHerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZHerald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a> like FarceBook or Xitter are like one-party states. Like the rise of Weibo and WeChat in China, they enhance people's ability to express themselves, but only within the limits set by a single, centralised leadership.</p><p>The fediverse is more like a multi-party Parliament. People's freedom to express themselves still has limits, but they can choose a leadership (admins and mods) that reflects their values and beliefs.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CaseyNewton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CaseyNewton</span></a> also has some valid criticisms of the generative <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> trend;</p><p>"... its rise has led to a flood of AI-generated spam that researchers say now outperforms human-written stories in Google search results. The resulting decline in advertising revenue is a key reason that the journalism industry has been devastated by layoffs over the past year."</p><p><a href="https://www.platformer.news/taylor-swift-deepfake-nudes-x/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">platformer.news/taylor-swift-d</span><span class="invisible">eepfake-nudes-x/</span></a></p><p>Of course this is just finishing off a dying ad-funded journalism model decimated by recommendation media <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a>.</p>
Strypey<p>"In social media, creators maintain programming power over what gets seen and when. But in recommendation media, the platform is always in control."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MichaelMignano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelMignano</span></a>, 2022</p><p><a href="https://scribe.rip/the-end-of-social-media-a88ffed21f86" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scribe.rip/the-end-of-social-m</span><span class="invisible">edia-a88ffed21f86</span></a></p><p>This distinction between "recommendation media" (ie the <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a>) and "social media" (eg the fediverse) is a useful one. But I find it weird that in mid-2022 this guy is praising DataFarming algorithms as a good thing. I suspect this might be an industry puff piece, rather than genuine opinion.</p>
Strypey<p>"... Google, which recently settled another case over its app store brought by US states. The company is also facing a federal lawsuit over its advertising business and has found itself in the crosshairs in Europe, where it has been fined billions in monopoly cases.</p><p>The government has asked for 'structural relief' if it wins - which could mean the break-up of the company."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NatalieSherman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatalieSherman</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BrandonDrenon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrandonDrenon</span></a>, 2023</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66790608" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.com/news/business-66790608</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AntiTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiTrust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/UD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"We do not want taxpayers subsidising the work we produce..."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SineadBoucher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SineadBoucher</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018908261/mediawatch-for-24-september-2023" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/</span><span class="invisible">mediawatch/audio/2018908261/mediawatch-for-24-september-2023</span></a></p><p>... they want a handful of transnational corporate DataFarmers to subsidise it instead. Through government-imposed mandates to pay for commercial license on uses like linking and quoting, which don't violate copyright (or they could take legal action on those grounds).</p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/RNZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MediaWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/NewsMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Stuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stuff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>This is kind of intriguing, if a bit rambly. Published in late 2020, it's one average dude's reflections on YouTube, after 5 years of daily vlogging, and a one month break from having anything anything to do with it:</p><p><a href="https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PbmBYZ8cBoc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">yewtu.be/watch?v=PbmBYZ8cBoc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I enjoyed the bits where he takes the piss out of the "smash that like button" shtick of professional YouTubers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>"I don't know if anyone is on X [Titter] anymore..."</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/caucus/story/2018901907/campaigns-rev-into-gear-over-climate-dentalcare-and-cellphones" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/programmes/caucus/st</span><span class="invisible">ory/2018901907/campaigns-rev-into-gear-over-climate-dentalcare-and-cellphones</span></a></p><p>This comment from a working journalist speaks volumes. Only a year ago, it was unthinkable for any media professional *not* to be on Titter.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DataFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataFarms</span></a></p>