Post AZ0AZEo7hmlf74JPns by cazabon@mindly.social
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(DIR) Post #AZ0AZCBPSkc0yQBTBQ by Lorry@mstdn.social
2023-08-22T04:47:50Z
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It's weird how #Facebook and #Instagram are forcing #Canadians to use #Twitter, just so they can find out news about the active #shooter in #Edmonton.#Meta #Canada #News #Ban
(DIR) Post #AZ0AZD4MASZ3iptLpQ by cazabon@mindly.social
2023-08-22T20:53:06Z
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@Lorry No one is #forced to use Twitter, or any other #social #media, to get Canadian news.Canadians can go to the #websites of the National Post, Globe and Mail, CBC, Global TV, CTV, or a bunch of other places for roundups of Canadian news. Edmontonians could easily find out about this from the sites of their local paper or TV stations.The fact that people find it easier to use American tech companies' sites to find Canadian news is an indictment of our news orgs, not the tech companies.
(DIR) Post #AZ0AZE9i82RR5jP8oS by Lorry@mstdn.social
2023-08-22T20:56:51Z
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@cazabon People don't consume single-source newspapers (sites) any more, they tend to use aggregates and get multiple views. Social Media is a good aggregate, certainly in live situations where news might be hitting different sources at different times, and few-minute delays might be a big issue.
(DIR) Post #AZ0AZEo7hmlf74JPns by cazabon@mindly.social
2023-08-22T21:35:35Z
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@Lorry ... which was exactly my point.Canadians can already get the news. The fact that only the big U.S. tech companies have effective news #aggregation that attracts Canadian #eyeballs is an extremely strong indicator that Canadian news orgs have failed in this respect.Hence, an indictment of Canadian news orgs, not U.S. tech companies.Why the hell haven't the Canadian orgs I listed #cooperated to launch a Canadian #news aggregation site? It wouldn't even be expensive.
(DIR) Post #AZ0AZFWn1iUrLbD5QO by mayonesa@berserker.town
2023-08-22T21:44:41Z
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@cazabon @Lorry Good idea. Who doesn't want to read Canada news?It's a fascinating place. By the way, where is Canada, anyway? I keep thinking it's near New Zealand.
(DIR) Post #AZ0AkhxFg1X8hH3FFA by Lorry@mstdn.social
2023-08-22T21:46:46Z
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@mayonesa @cazabon That's Belize you are thinking of, I think.
(DIR) Post #AZ0AnQ5uXOHaAmOX44 by mayonesa@berserker.town
2023-08-22T21:47:16Z
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@Lorry @cazabon Is Paraguay in Asia?
(DIR) Post #AZ0BIbgxT5TJ7Raug4 by cazabon@mindly.social
2023-08-22T21:52:54Z
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@mayonesa @Lorry 😂 Yep, go past New Zealand, turn right and go straight until you hit British Columbia. If you reach a giant ice floe first, you turned too far.Bob will be waiting with fresh coffee. You know Bob, from Canada, right?
(DIR) Post #AZ4IoW63HcPNLNKn3I by Lorry@mstdn.social
2023-08-22T21:57:43Z
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@cazabon @mayonesa Bob is an arsehole. His nephew, Bob is a fine young fella though!
(DIR) Post #AZ4IoXKyfbwRBxKDxI by mayonesa@berserker.town
2023-08-24T21:35:56Z
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@Lorry @cazabon Fresh coffee sounds good about now, but this is a long trip in a rowboat.