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@Greengordon

Andrew Coyne (@andrewcoyne) • Threads, Say more

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(Not followable on the Fedi)

@newsmast

@jawarajabbi

Yes they should but, again, there can sometimes be delays due to the (brilliant) home-built 3rd party tech linking everything.

@Crispius @Greengordon

We'll reach out!

@newsmast

You look dodgy. Like an advertising agency masquerading as a charity. There's something off.

What's your privacy agreements? Who's Vijay Patel?

@newsmast

Half the boosts are from your own server. You're brigading yourself, gaming explore on other instances.

What's going on here?

@fixatedpersonsunit

Hi, the boosts are our Community Feed accounts which organise posts into topical feeds across the Fediverse.

They boost the posts of key contributors (chosen by our team). As this tech is also what we use on the Newsmast app, that means all Community Feeds see our brand account posts and boost them. That way, we can quickly communicate with our users.

@fixatedpersonsunit

Vijay was a member of our team who left last year. Our current team can be seen on our website here: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/about-us/our-team/

And we're definitely a charity Although, as the admin I'm flattered you think we look that good

@fixatedpersonsunit

Forgot to mention, you can also see our Privacy Policy on our website here: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/privacy-policy/

@newsmast

George Monbiot
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

That would be nice!

@francescotocci

We'll see what we can do!

@newsmast @trekculture.bsky.social ; @bodegacats.bsky.social ; @townsusa.bsky.social

@newsmast

You're artificially boosting your own posts, also know as brigading.

Are your employees and trutees paid or volunteers? What are their salaries? Where does the capital come from for the venture? Are their any payments being made to private businesses for services? How much? Are any of those businesses owned by associates, trustees or employees of Newsmast? Do you operate out of business premises? Who owns the lease? How much rent is paid?

@museumphile

We'll see what we can do!

@fixatedpersonsunit

We understand the concerns about our Community Feeds, but we are not brigading. Our system ensures communication with our Feed and Community users.

We are aware of the side effects of this system but we have worked with the Mastodon team to prevent these. Both ourselves and the Mastodon team are limited by the existing tech, but we do need to communicate with our users.

@fixatedpersonsunit

In response to your other queries, our trustees do not receive any sort of direct or indirect monetary benefits as a result of the Newsmast Foundation. We are a UK registered charity, committed to growing decentralised microblogging communities. You can see more about this on our website.

@fixatedpersonsunit

Whilst we appreciate your curiosity in our mission, we'd like to remind you that conversations online should be respectful and constructive - especially here, on the Fediverse, where we're building better social media.

@newsmast

Just in time when I need it.
Would you lend a hand of help, please? -> :

@limealicious.bsky.social
@snuffyy.bsky.social

@noctilua

We'll see what we can do!