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People in the Fediverse often say that #socialMedia without #algorithms that are programmed for profits let them feel calmer and better.
Algorithms of the big platforms can make people indeed ill. More and more influencers or social media #creators get #burnout symptoms: "There’s no off button in this job. The algorithms never stop. You can’t pause the internet." theguardian.com/media/2025/jul

The Guardian · ‘You can’t pause the internet’: social media creators hit by burnoutBy Dan Milmo

🚨🚨RANT ALERT🚨🚨
#STOP Paying to Be “Heard” by #Music Supervisors
(Unless you like burning money and dignity.
I’ve seen more and more #platforms charging #musicians just for the chance that a music supervisor might listen to your track. $5 here, $10 there — for a “pitch,” a “review,” or “placement consideration.”
Let’s be clear:
Real music #supervisors don’t charge to listen to music.
They get paid to find the right #song, not to collect money from hopeful #artists.

Just learned some frankly disconcerting stuff, accounts on #private #SocialMedia #platforms that have more than 10,000 followers actually get paid.

This makes me sad.

But also glad that I am dedicated to the #fediverse, #mastodon in particular.

I don’t say shit for clicks nor $$$$.

I am dedicated to the desimination of true factual #information.

I see the #FarRight #Nazi #propaganda #disinformation campaign for what it is, & I hope to be a rock in the road on the way to their #tyranny.

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People trust people more than brands. What if we rebuilt newsrooms around that truth? Here's a thought experiment: a semi-decentralized model where journalists own their audience, keep most of their revenue, and still get legal, editorial, and platform support. werd.io/when-people-trust-peop

Werd I/O · When people trust humans more than brands: the incubator newsroomHow we might rebuild journalism from the ground up by rethinking what a newsroom is.