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What would it take for the threadverse to be mentioned more in the news? (self.ask)

submitted 20 hours ago by Sunshine to c/[email protected]

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Do we need bigger communities so we’re more noticeable to the news outlets like when [email protected] eventually hits 100k? Or when interesting stories originate from here?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Scandal. If there was a massive scandal we'd hit the news

[–] Vex_Detrause 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

We need to catch a bomber or something.

[–] Sunshine 2 points 8 hours ago

Let's run a Lemmy instance on it too while we're at it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

I mean you could commit a horrific act of violence and paint lemm.ee in blood across the crime scene

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

If leaks or original information first appears on Lemmy then we will get cited as a source.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

The second. News would need to originate here. Places would need to start seeing the fediverse as a source.

Doesn't matter how big a community is if they don't do anything worth reporting on. Citing comments as "man on the street" style opinions generally doesn't happen until after we have eyes on us.

At least that was how things worked with 4chan and reddit begining to be mentioned in news.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Yeah right now the only real source we are is on Linux distribution choices, which ain't exactly newsworthy