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Absolutely.

I was actually going to touch on this, but I thought it would be a bit off-topic, as we haven't seen that in the Bluesky algorithm yet, to the best of our knowledge.

But yes, it is certainly a possibility for #bluesky to do so, on the road to its likely #enshittification .

(I mean, if their enshittification wasn't likely, would we be hearing from assorted digerati, urging us to pay for a Bluesky clone for its apparently naive user base, rather than just supporting #opensource?)

Russian overreach near Pokrovsk leads to Ukrainian counterattacks, and the rapidly expanding Ukrainian use of barbed wire to reinforce their defensive lines.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1889425492496777360.html

Polish Foreign Minister gently nudges the Popemobile back in its lane.

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What could have been done before Carlson interview?

learn the lessons from nostr:npub16w4vg0m04ypgn9ypz3pfcmj2pkasvkfyqs905tc5m3yjqath7h6q8v9ds6, nostr:npub1p0lum4mu40vuf3kqd8eg46gagw046y83empu8k7p8pm7yvpdx8hse4l49e and nostr:npub1cll9jkw064dzdjvzqw4fkrrx4cugwxxvtyagnfujhagheseekrrqs3u87g interviews - in the first place, that they’re no interviews but monologues and the journalist is just part of the scenography;

during the preceding week, walk through Putin’s traditional tropes and debunk them one by one, thus preparing audience and beating Russia’s scenario;

openly talk about Russia’s information warfare tactics, explaining how it rides Western media herd instincts

What had been done?

90% of Western media, including “Russia experts”, simply repeated Putin’s tropes voiced to Carlson - only some did it in real-time and some in the morning

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Remember: when you share outrageous claims by a media personality with “OMG what a nonsense” comment, it’s like using “but” in an apology.

The only thing that matters is that you shared the outrageous claims, interacted with it, full stop.

You just told every single algorithm in the world the content needs to be boosted because it increases user engagement. And nobody really cares about your “OMG” after the algorithms kick in.

Outrageous and false claims need to be debunked, only sharing them is the worst way of doing it.

When you copy-paste the controversial fragment and criticise it as a quote, you are actually impacting its author the most. You are confronting their statement but without interacting with them and signalling the media platform that it’s worth boosting.

nostr:npub1vz555w0w7pdy3l9skg202lkdnjqll4ct67l25f68x2h84e7u7r4qmrqdta Worth noting that Tucker Carlson was a college dropout who never studied journalism or journalistic ethics, and certainly doesn't practice it, in amongst his op-ed pieces.

nostr:npub16fwjml4czlyaz569twg8nvle7p5p05hktantphu6jyskvnsdgsys5gpec4 nostr:npub1sg7k5rmvp2uhla3xygc75t00km0x4aq3d28zpfrduw7e47zwca2qktw94j One of the most interesting aspects of Hilarywatch was watching how many people were watching Hillary and not Hilary. Much hillary ensued.

Full article featuring the citation of Musk getting Ukrainian troops killed in order to charge more $$$ for their telecoms, btw.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule

nostr:npub15zu89j2k6sja8qgcs5qdu2pfra5kemhlgeern2cpcw2svkuvkudqu3s7lx The power of legal & financial liability has a huge influence in this world.

Ergo, nothing moves without insurance.