Hi. Not so much boycotting that other place, as long term intent to have a break from it coincided with this day. So, does this place have any good *news* accounts or is Mastodon still just people talking about Mastodon?
@ozjimbob so far I've found some news bots that only echo links from news sources unofficially, but not any official news accounts.
@Stoori probably still useful. I feel a bit lost without the constant background noise of world events going by my feed. Maybe I should just enjoy the peace and quiet.
@ozjimbob Perhaps it could be a good idea to open a separate account (on a different instance even) just to follow news bots, and then you could enjoy the silence on your main account and tune into the news feed when necessary.
honestly, the news coverage is something I've been missing here, too, though masto seems pretty well suited to meaningful discussion, posting, etc.
it's def something to work on; at the very least, if you post news stuff, hashtag it as #news
longer term, there might be a good argument for a news/pol-focused instance, esp. given that some of the folks here emphatically _don't_ want to see news coverage w/o CWs