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Popular YouTube creators hold so much power in raising awareness about alternatives to Big Tech platforms.

I felt hope while watching Johnny Harris's latest video "The Internet Didn't Fail. It Was Taken"... which ultimately launched a new initiative: crowdsourced journalism on a site called NewPress.

Looking at screenshots I thought the site was hosted on #Ghost and thus federated.

Alas it's on SquareSpace and filled with trackers 😭

Who can we get on the Fediverse? Maybe Vanessa Wingårdh?

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Devin

@max @ben I think a big part of it needs to be a cultural norm shift where people get used to donating to individual creators instead of paying monthly subscriptions for streaming platforms' overabundance of content. (Quality over quantity)

The cost difference wouldn't be that bad; I think it's the mentality shift that's more difficult. Patreon has certainly made this easier, but their UI is lame and it'd be rad if there were a non-profit alternative.

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Vrtxd

Yup. I think a longer-term solution could be to have some free open-source crossposting software that enables creators to create their content (text, images, videos, polls, etc.) and simultaneously publish it on multiple social media platforms.

There is #PostyBirb, but I haven't used it yet so I don't personally know how well it might work for this.

At least @thelinuxexperiment crossposts the videos to both YouTube and PeerTube, which is nice.

#PostyBirb @The Linux Experiment
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A Sentient Glue Bottle

Johnny Harris has earned the slightly tongue in cheek moniker "CIA Johnny" since many of his videos tend to parrot narratives and base assumptions from the US foreign policy establishment as some kind of info "they" don't want you to hear. I have no idea whether or not he is actually a US intelligence asset, but at some point it becomes a distinction without a difference. Manufacture of consent and all that.
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