Why would journalists/reporters who have built large Twitter audiences (100k+ followers) move to Farcaster? (short answer: it has become too toxic!)

Read about Rana Rahimpour, formerly the lead presenter with BBC Persian https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64222261 

Rana was effectively trolled/harassed off Twitter.. simply for doing her job! 

There are many such cases of journalists/reporters that have opted to self-censor, halting their Twitter usage 

These are people who have mastered the art of communicating in a succinct, text-based, participatory format 

They have loyal followers that will migrate with them to new platforms/protocols

Question for all the new journalists..

Would y'all feel comfortable tweeting about this place, recommending it to your X followers?

If not.. what would it take for that to change? cc: @ryangrim @kaufman @dmarans @leefang @arashtehran @worqas @lwoodhouse @etannechin

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Question for all the new journalists..

Would y'all feel comfortable tweeting about this place, recommending it to your X followers?

If not.. what would it take for that to change? cc: @ryangrim @kaufman @dmarans @leefang @arashtehran @worqas @lwoodhouse @etannechin https://warpcast.com/geoffgolberg/0x5cb7e9bd

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I kind of want to post here without worrying what the wider X world thinks. I'll let it happen on its own.

Yeah man, I've already started talking about it to some of my other journalist friends. I'd love to get more people on here using the platform. I have been meaning to add a link to Warpcast on my website and Substack.

Love that.. and also that you're already thinking about building frames

Couple great folks for you to connect with re: frames are @jc4p & @samuellhuber.eth

Already have, I want to move here completely eventually.

What I want in a platform is unhelpfully specific to me: I want a community of photography and cinematography professionals and hobbyists.

Appreciate the reply & great to have you here!

Absolutely-I just joined and getting to know the landscape but letting people know about an alternative to the x hellscape is important