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Where there's a market, someone will fill it. Mastodon and Post.news are vying to be the Twitter successor, with journalists now Publishing (formerly tooting) and Posting. Maybe this is an opportunity for a newsroom reset. But without proactive decisions soon, all the incentives will re-create Twitter's attention ecosystem for reporters elsewhere.

How might Post's micropayments program change the game? Does your employer have a claim on your tips for material you post in the course of doing your job? If not, that's an incentive to roam even farther from editorial control while angling to launch oneself as an independent superstar.

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