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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

democratized by the working class

Yes, nationalize billionaire-owned media, set up oversight boards appointed by the media workers and state. Restrict salaries of pundits, writers, editors etc such that they can't exceed the median income.

We've seen what the FCC trying to implement fairness looks like. Requiring two perspectives, both aligned against the interests of the workers, wasn't productive.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

But what I said is practically the same thing. The difference is I chose to say we should re-utilize the FCC (which is what theyre there for) instead of creating a whole new thing for this. I did not say to bring back the bullshit that was fairness doctrine. I did not mention nationalizing media, because while I think there should be a nationalized news source, you can't trust a Trump-like figure not to go in and take complete control of a single nationalized news source. In a perfect world I would agree with you entirely. We do not live in one.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago

you can’t trust a Trump-like figure not to go in and take complete control of a single nationalized news source

The status quo, where "trump-like figures" own any media of consequence, is not meaningfully different from your worst-case scenerio of a "trump-like figure" taking over the media.

The bourgeois fund the media and make sure people who are ideologically aligned with them are promoted because it promotes their interests, we would see the same backlash whether they are stripped of control by the FCC or nationalization. I figure cutting them out entirely leaves fewer avenues for them to influence their media.