This correction to the #mediaite #JohnMastodon article will live in my head rent free forever:

#Mediaite finally updated their article claiming someone called #JohnMastodon founded #Mastodon.

Luckily, the original article is archived 👀

https://web.archive.org/web/20221216232836/https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter/

Coming from a country where banks had real time, free money transfers, I had trouble understanding why so many would think Bitcoin's takes-hours-costs-a-fortune transfers were superior technology.

Coming from a background where I read informed people, I had trouble understanding why so many would think an automated bullshit generator were superior technology.

#JohnMastodon #blockchain #chatgpt #Mediaite #factchecking

Excited to experience my 1st 100% #Mastodon #meme in the shape of #JohnMastodon 🎉.
In case you wonder why everyone’s talking about #John 🤷‍♂️, rejoice at the sight of the now edited #Mediaite article, describing how #ElonMusk had “removed John Mastodon, the founder of a competing social media company named after himself, for posting a link to the #jettracker account”, prompting suspicions that #journalism has long been replaced by #ChatGPT.
https://web.archive.org/web/20221216232836/https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter/

This may be my favorite reply of the day:

Gene Diehl I had to track down the "news" from the rightwing rags that you brought up to push your partisan position. This one?

White House Director of African American Media Erica Loewe accused the propagandists of deliberately and disingenuously silencing the voices of the majority of staffers
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“Even though far more current and former staff told @Politico about their positive experiences, #Politico refused to communicate those findings to readers and instead devoted most of this article to comments that reinforce their narrative and present a disingenuous picture of the most diverse White House in history,” Loewe said in a statement to #Mediaite.