Post AwvcTqicppVIva1gsi by rabble@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AwvcTqicppVIva1gsi by rabble@mastodon.social
       2025-08-07T10:52:51Z
       
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       Substack has changed the world of journalism, making it easy for journalists to directly charge for a newsletter. Now they're growing in to a whole platform with algorithms, video, podcasts, microblogging... I sat down with their CEO Chris Best to talk about it just as they announce they've raised a $100 million in funding, and also their algorithm sent out an antisemitic push notification with a swastika icon.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz2dIgQbPL4
       
 (DIR) Post #Awve40myyHBSXUs6ca by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2025-08-07T14:11:47Z
       
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       @rabble when you give others control over attention, it will be abused. as much as people might want a corporate algo or prefer ads as a funding source or enjoy a certain closed platform, it will be bad for democracy.we have a huge opportunity with fedi to do better. so much of our political dysfunction comes down to using mass media where money buys attention. we just have to focus on the mission, spread the ideas and build technology to enable it. #DemocracyOfReach